{"id":1601,"date":"2009-10-28T07:20:58","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T15:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joewelder.com\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2009-11-02T09:03:33","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T17:03:33","slug":"of-hand-trees-and-railroad-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2009\/10\/28\/of-hand-trees-and-railroad-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Hand Trees and Railroad Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this \u00a0welder\/sculptor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevincaron.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Caron<\/a>. \u00a0He works primarily in stainless steel to create free-standing kinetic sculptures, like the ones below. \u00a0The following video\u00a0shows how he creates one of his railroad tie sculptures <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevincaron.com\/art_detail\/twisttie.html\" target=\"_blank\">(like this one)<\/a>, from beginning to end. \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/l3DNS2GV8vU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/l3DNS2GV8vU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The following are two of my favorites: \u00a0an unfinished staircase reaching up into the heavens, and a hand tree&#8211; literally, a tree with hands for leaves.<br \/>\nFor videos of Kevin making these and other sculptures, you can go to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/kevincaron\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube account here &#8211;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1604\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevincaron.com\/art_detail\/hands_on.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1604 \" title=\"lrg_handson\" src=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/lrg_handson.jpg\" alt=\"lrg_handson\" width=\"265\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hands On -- commission, City of Avondale Avondale, Arizona -- steel, powder-coated steel 168&quot; x 145&quot; x 146&quot; -- created 2009 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1603\" style=\"width: 194px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevincaron.com\/art_detail\/aspire.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1603  \" title=\"lrg_Aspire\" src=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/lrg_Aspire.JPG\" alt=\"lrg_Aspire\" width=\"194\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/lrg_Aspire.JPG 350w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/lrg_Aspire-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aspire -- steel 102&quot; x 21&quot; x 21&quot; -- created 2004<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this \u00a0welder\/sculptor Kevin Caron. \u00a0He works primarily in stainless steel to create free-standing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-welding-art","category-just-for-kicks","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out this welder\/sculptor Kevin Caron. 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