Fire Imp Sculpture Series

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I love the way that the shapes andcolors of the Fire Imps interact in a group" like a coral reef, amodern dance troupe, a forest of fall leaves, a party or festival. Fire Imp Sculptures available exclusively through Kickstarter.com. Reserve yours today! I'm in love. I've been working a new series of sculptures that arethe most playful, energetic and touchable work I've done in years. I'mso into the Fire Imps that I've decided to do 600 of them, divided intosix series of 100 each in different colors. Part of what makes the Fire Imps fun is the freeze frame of pattern,rhythm, lyricality and syncopation that gives them a musical feel…combined in groups, they resemble a musical score as much as a group ofdancers. The shadows they cast are also a part of the piece, doublingor distorting the form, mirroring the sculpture on the wall. Fire Imp Sculptures Make Playful Groups View Gallery of group Fire Imp arrangements on Flickr Each Fire Imp is a one of a kind sculpture that will never berepeated. Although their bright colors and cheerful look could foolyou, they are made from 100% recycled steel. The bases come from alocal factory that cuts LOTS of holes into thick steel and scraps thecircles left over. The body of the sculptures are scraps left over fromcutting my Great Bowl O' Fire firebowls. They're the spaces between the flames.For a long time, I've been trying to figure out the best way to workwith the cool scraps left over from cutting the Great Bowl O Fire… I'vetried a few different approaches: layered panels, small sculptures, steel trees. I was happy with those, but they weren't quite it.There were two characteristics that made the scraps difficult to workwith: first, they're cut from a bowl, so there's a compound curve thatoften posed a problem in joining them. Second, each has a long flatsection where the lip of the bowl was that didn't match the organiccurves on the rest of the piece. Finally I realized that if I removedthe flat edge, and re-cut the scraps, I could attach the pieces tosmall bases and create some very fun and interesting table topsculptures. And it's become an addiction.I plan to do six limited edition series of the Fire Imps: 100 innatural steel, and 100 each in Red, Yellow, Orange, White and Black.All are signed and numbered on the base and once I've completed theedition of 100, no more will be made in that color. I will becompleting the series in small batches and uploading the new work toFlickr as I go. You can see all of the Fire Imp Sculptures completed sofar by visiting this page on Flickr. Sizes vary, but most of the Fire Imps are 10 to 12 inches tall. Dimensions of each will be noted on their Flickr page.The Fire Imp Sculptures are available exclusively through Kickstarter.com. You can reserve a particular number from a series by commenting on it's page on Flickr after making your pledge. The Natural Steel series is nearly complete already and I've donethe first five of each color series. The remaining color series will befinished by the end of November and sent out for powder coating as soonas the project reaches it's funding goal on Kickstarter.Fire Imp Sculptures Series I through VI View Natural Steel Series I View White Series II View Black Series III View Red Series IV View Orange Series V View Yellow Series VI