MUSEUM of the SOUTHWEST SEPTEMBERFEST SWIRL STUDY

As I shared  with my patrons at While Linen Night,  I'm having a swirl fest.  This is a 6-week exercise leading to Septemberfest 2015 at the Museum of the Southwest in Midland, Texas.

This afternoon I grabbed three pieces of copper with hand-tapered and curled ends.  I then fashioned swirls with my fingers.  There are a number of real ways to do this in the textbooks.  A more consistent curl is achieved by using steel tools and making templates.  These studies are to develop an organic form that is most fully expressive.