Well, I guess I'm a blogger.
On this blog site I'm going to provide some information for the curious as to how a metal sculpture comes to be.
The first step is having a selection of re-claimed materials handy. Several years ago I was in possession of a piece of rural property just outside of Edmonton that had old farm equipment scattered about. At the time, I only had an idea that I would set up a studio one day, but I couldn't help taking a mental inventory of some really cool looking stuff. Before I disposed of the property, I scrounged every promising tidbit I could find. There was a Harvester there (I think that's what they're called) which provided a lot of funky gears and chains for my very first piece: the little French WW1 tank. The fellow next door was a friendly farmer who pointed out a junk pile out in the middle of his huge field of wheat (barley? oats?) and said I was welcome to any of it that I wanted. I pulled all sorts of great rusted sheet metal from this site which I am constantly incorporating into my pieces. I still have access to his property so I'm confident that I have enough raw material to keep my studio going for a few years. My mechanic is also a good source for gears, ball bearings, pistons, etc.
Next blog: setting up shop.