About Laura
Medium
Inspiration
Inspiration
I love working with steel. My latest projects have expand into stainless steel and copper as well. Each idea manifests in its own individual style.
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Inspiration
Inspiration
Inspiration
Here in Montana, my husband and I hike through the lush forest, over mountain peaks and in creeks, always finding inspiration. I love the way the moss grows along the jagged tree limbs, how mushrooms scatter there way around leaves mixing in with wildflowers and pinecones. Elk let out bugles, deer prance around, while a red fox plays peek
Here in Montana, my husband and I hike through the lush forest, over mountain peaks and in creeks, always finding inspiration. I love the way the moss grows along the jagged tree limbs, how mushrooms scatter there way around leaves mixing in with wildflowers and pinecones. Elk let out bugles, deer prance around, while a red fox plays peekaboo from his den. Eagles soar above and butterflies flutter below, bears frolic around in huckleberry patches and moose splash through the swamp. I like to capture the way I feel in these moments by recreating what I've experienced with different metals in my work.
Statement
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My work is a reflection and expression of my appreciation for wildlife, nature, native American culture and God. Each and every single piece contains a fragment of myself. Every piece I create is created in an effort to unearth myself and portray the beauty all around me that God has created. My work explores my own curiosities of images
My work is a reflection and expression of my appreciation for wildlife, nature, native American culture and God. Each and every single piece contains a fragment of myself. Every piece I create is created in an effort to unearth myself and portray the beauty all around me that God has created. My work explores my own curiosities of images that some may find odd, wild, beautiful or even obscure.
My artistic metal sculpting processes is one my favorite ways I connect with my heavenly father through co-creating.
Background
Inspiration
Background
In 2012 I was hired to work on a natural gas pipeline in North Dakota. I practiced welding a lot, on breaks and after hours. Mostly it was because I fell in love with the way I was able to move that molten puddle. My artist’s eye saw rose petals hiding in the curve of the pipe and was awed by the colors of heated steel. Welding steel to s
In 2012 I was hired to work on a natural gas pipeline in North Dakota. I practiced welding a lot, on breaks and after hours. Mostly it was because I fell in love with the way I was able to move that molten puddle. My artist’s eye saw rose petals hiding in the curve of the pipe and was awed by the colors of heated steel. Welding steel to steel creates sparks. Sparks create a magical environment, even in a North Dakota winter.
Montana is where I began the nuts and bolts of my experimentation in crafting with steel as a medium, mostly nuts and bolts and a hoarder-size collection of rusting metal. It was cheap and abundant. After selling a number of scorpion sculptures, crafted mainly from sparkplugs, I gained confidence that my visions had value. Perhaps I had some talent? After winning a local contest for my woman-size, scrap metal sculpture “Rust Chick”, I recognized her significance not only for the inspiration of winning but also her symbolism. I had created a projection of my life story. As I was able, I acquired different tools and materials to explore new metal art techniques and taught myself.