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Metal artists always seem to be a big mystery when it comes to media publications. Newspapers, magazines and visual media run stories about metal artists because it is more than interesting, it's educational. While many people struggle to understand painting and traditional sculpture, making art with a torch is often an even bigger mystery. Most people relate to metal artists work by imagining sparks flying, hearing hammers and grinding, and then wonder where these beautiful pieces of art come from amidst all the noise. Many of the articles on Michael and his work espouse to what he's said, "I use fire, grinders, hammers and benders. They do at times make a lot of noise, but the silence, when the piece is finally finished, is the loudest noise of all."
Introducing a New Series for 2010
I have always been enamored with the universe and the Hubble Telescope; its brilliant pictures of far away galaxies and their unlocked mysteries are truly an inspiration.
I have always been mesmerized by the oceans and have enjoyed hours on the beach, watching the waves crash onto the sandy shores.
Both are so much alike because our heavenly bodies and our bodies of water are still hiding many mysteries and allow my imagination to wander.
It is never too late to be inspired, especially from these two brilliant sources. And so, I introduce my newest series of Metal Art Designs entitled:
"IMAGINE" - A SPACE AND SEA ODYSSEY
Excerpt from a review of the 2008 Stutz Open House, by Daniel Andrew Young:
Top Honors on my list went to metal sculptor Michael Swolsky (Studio B355). He has created works in metal that are beyond imaginative, making shapes, surface textures, and colors come together in works that are richly complex assemblages, many of which are made to be hung on a wall and viewed from one side, though others are free-standing, to be viewed in the round. I spoke to the artist first about a piece on the wall called, “Symmetry.” It was an assemblage of rectangular metal boxes of various sizes, on a pipe-work frame. He pointed out that the metals were brass, copper, and steel, each in its characteristic color. Box segments had been burnished on the surface with looping striations or angular striping, and those on the left were matched with markings going the opposite direction on the right, establishing the symmetry. He had also heat-treated some copper panels, bringing out more color variations, and had, by some method, infused many of the panels or box fronts with what I can only describe as peacock-tail eyes.
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