A Twist on Sculpture - Kevin Caron

Kevin explains how - and why - he's creating the sculpture The Genome Project, a series of balls and tubes that creates an undulating sheet of steel "fabric."

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Education

Tags:

• TIG welding
• welding
• metal fabrication
• metal sculpture
• sculptor
• Kevin Caron

[nighfidelity]

Hi Kevin, I really like your work and concepts. Keep up

the great work. I hope to see one up close some day.

[kevincaron]

@nighfidelity Thank you. You know, I do have a great shipper just down the road from the studio. All you have to do is pick one and in a few days you will get a very close look at it.. I have some great pieces still for sale at the studio.

Just joking... But if you are in the Phoenix Az. area someday please look me up and stop by the studio. You can find the office number on my site.

[AsktheBuilder]

Kevin, Tell the truth. It's really a screen door. What the heck kind of insects do you have out there? Seems like they would be big enough to carry a small child away! :->

[kevincaron]

Ok, you got me there! The skeeter are getting bigger every year. Had one ask for a cup of coffee the other day.

[kevincaron]

The contractor said I was off about 1/8 inch. He was hoping for a 32nd or less. Not bad for a first time making a door like this. IMHO

[earlie47]

I doubt I could do so well. You have to keep an interest and I was always more interested in the numbers. I watched men who were fascinated by the process and would work for hours to get it down. To get it down, you had to get a feel for the heat, the steel, and the hammer and that is something you can't calculate. Pulling a pipe back straight is a lot different than keeping a plate flat.

Johnny

[kevincaron]

I'm working on it!!!!

[kevincaron]

This one is mild steel. I just finished a door for a remodel. It was 3/8th wall 1 and 1/2 square tube. It was surrounded by 2 and 5/8 wide by 1/4 inch thick plate. I have one heck of a time keeping it flat and straight. It is amazing what a little heat will do.

[VisorBlue]

Seriously cool and twisted. I thought the tree was a lot of work, whew. More visual eye candy from Kevin. Hurry and finish! :-)

[FredJobs543]

You are leaving the heat on the side where you want to pull the pipe which so it will twist the whole piece, If you are trying to straighten the pipe, you leave the heat on the opposite side from where the pipe has already been pulled and that will bring it back to plumb or level. A lot depends on the metals you are welding. Stainless will pull a lot while carbon will on pull a little. I can't remember if this piece is stainless.

Johnny