GEARS #2

-Eric Velleca, 2007
-59” high, 12” wide.
-mild steel,
-photos by Ken Nelson

Techniques: forging, stamping, sandblasting, painting

The gears series is inspired by D & A and an industrial gear. The base is plate steel with stampings of gears reminiscent of an archaeological find. The gear strand is flat bar that has been fullered in graduating sizes as it tapers suggesting a finite lifetime middle age being the most robust.