MARCH METAL MADNESS
'Metal Madness' melds junk into treasure
March 7, 2020
Sign-ups to display your Metal Sculpture in December
Please call Jill Richards for questions at 530/623-2760. I will gladly email an application.
March 7, 2020
Sign-ups to display your Metal Sculpture in December
Please call Jill Richards for questions at 530/623-2760. I will gladly email an application.
Used tools and machinery — the older and rustier the better.
That’s what Mike McFadin of Weaverville uses to build the scrap metal creations he fondly calls his “metal monsters.” Those monsters along with pieces by other local metal artists will be on display from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, for the March Metal Madness show in downtown Weaverville. These are masters at recycling metal “junk” into yard art.
That’s what Mike McFadin of Weaverville uses to build the scrap metal creations he fondly calls his “metal monsters.” Those monsters along with pieces by other local metal artists will be on display from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, for the March Metal Madness show in downtown Weaverville. These are masters at recycling metal “junk” into yard art.
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Take the dragon McFadin recently completed. Its body is a 5-gallon propane tank. The head is two oil pans from 70s era Volvos. The springy thighs are vehicle struts. Wings were fashioned from satellite equipment. The tail is made up of wheel barrow rims, chimney parts, small propane tanks. Fangs are off an old hay mower.
McFadin scours old barns, frequents auctions and gets donations of all sorts of junk for his sculptures. He figures the dragon parts came from about 14 different sources. |
McFadin's metal mritters patrol his yard on legs of wrenches, perch on fences, hang from trees. A “Spadosaurus” looks fierce. He likes to keep the tools and equipment in the pieces recognizable. Fortunately, his wife Tracy doesn’t mind that the yard is populated with them. “She likes ’em,” McFadin said. “So that’s helpful.”
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Last year’s event was such a blast that we are gearing up for March 7, 2020.
Tammie of “Tammie’s Books” is primed to turn her parking lot into a metal sculpture lot. We are selling a "square formed rusty nail" as a stir stick in a Rusty Nail drink!! Most of the texture will be knocked off, they will be run through a dishwasher and soaked in alcohol. |
So, belly-up to the bar and join us for a brew (punch, fruit juice, or soda) with a real Rusty Nail. Music and dancing will round out the day, prelude to the March Art Cruise that starts at 5pm. If you are a metal artist, contact the Trinity Arts Council to secure a space. Email: [email protected].
Article borrowed from Amy Gittelsohn; The Trinity Journal / Revised for 2020-jr
Article borrowed from Amy Gittelsohn; The Trinity Journal / Revised for 2020-jr
