{"id":1500,"date":"2010-02-22T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmenelectrode.com\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2010-01-22T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T18:59:02","slug":"a-place-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2010\/02\/22\/a-place-to-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"A Place to Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the most original, sad, and, therefore, daunting tasks I&#8217;ve ever heard of, Natascha Whitehurst is using her talent for welding to fabricate her own parents&#8217; tombstones.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of the usual headstones, Natascha is crafting two oak stumps (made from a water heater tank), connected by a root (made from an exhaust pipe), bearing their names and dates etched in the metal.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Welder honors her Mother &amp; Father<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reporternews.com\/staff\/laura-gutschke\/\">Laura Gutschke<\/a><br \/>\nPosted January 2, 2010<\/p>\n<p>TUSCOLA \u2014 Rusted metal scrap objects long past their original function are finding new life as art at the hands of Natascha Whitehurst.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1501\" title=\"20100102-175351-pic-320434218_t160\" src=\"\/blog\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/20100102-175351-pic-320434218_t160.jpg\" alt=\"20100102-175351-pic-320434218_t160\" width=\"160\" height=\"242\" \/>One of her current projects also is her most personal. 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On top of the 18-inch tree stump for her mother, Janice Sadler, who died on Jan. 1, 2009, will be a watering can to symbolize her nurturing of the family.<\/p>\n<p>A rifle will be leaning against the stump for her father, Harley Sadler, who continues to work as a truck driver today, to represent his providing for the family and his love of hunting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reporternews.com\/photos\/2010\/jan\/02\/51381\/\" target=\"_blank\">CONTINUE READING ONLINE -&gt;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the most original, sad, and, therefore, daunting tasks I&#8217;ve ever heard of, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welding-art","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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