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Junk . . . or art?
What is art-junk? It may be junk art. Sculptor
Mike Burdic turns junk into art with the aid of an
acetalene torch and an aesthetic mind.
The process of art begins abstractly within the
mind of the artist and with inanimate materials lying
helter-skelter around the room. Forms and shapes
flow around and around pausing occasionally as an
idea, balance and composition form considerations,
the torch melts metal into a piece of sculpture.
While the hot metal cools, art instructor Thomas
Sheffield offers criticism to student Burdic. In the
adjoining room, Debbie Wagoner models wet clay
into the human form of a standing figure. All this is
part of the process of learning art seeking truth and
beauty on a Friday afternoon in the Woods art
building.
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