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Triceratops Head: Love It . . . Hate It . . . It Exists Either Way

9/5/2016

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I think anyone who puts blood and sweat into making something can empathize with simultaneously loving and hating what you're creating. There are so many parts of the process of making something new that I love, and yet what I end up with is never what I see in my head. There are always compromises, my skills aren't what I'd like them to be, and I always have to work just with what I have on hand (or wait and see what I'll have tomorrow). The trick for me is finding some way to stop at a point that I like. And then I move on and try again. Or try something else.

I've put about 20-25 hours of fairly strenuous labor into this triceratops head. I wasn't sure where I was on the love/hate continuum with it yesterday: something about it just bugged me and I couldn't let it go. I figured out what I wanted to do overnight and was fortunate to be able to put in another hour today making it happen. It's still not what I see in my head, but I'm more securely on the "love" side of the see-saw now, so I'm going to call it good and move on. 
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This sculpture is mostly made of things I've picked up over the last couple of months. The frill and a lot of the frame for the head are made from a discarded chair I picked out of someone's garbage during my trip to Topsail Island. The nasal horn is from a pickax head I bought for a few bucks when I visited the Museum of Appalachia, as is a plate on the forehead. The sheet metal pieces on the far corners of the fill come from an old seed spreader I bought at an antique store in Charlotte. The cores of the brow horns are legs from a chair I pulled out of a trash pile at my kid's school. The spiral pieces come from some kind of old light fixture that my mom gave me, Some of the brake pads are old (from a previous sculpture I tore apart) and some are "new," donated from the Midas shop in Cayce where we recently spent a small fortune getting our truck fixed. The brake rotor and bearing on the stand as well as some of the sheet metal pieces on the horns are also from that Midas shop. Parts of the mandible, head, and frill were made from parts of an lawnmower that my ever-vigilant neighbor snatched from the curb for me (thanks Chris!). I used burner pans and heating elements scavenged from a couple of electric ranges discarded by an apartment complex I walk by on my way to work. 

This triceratops head is obviously far more elaborate than the first one I constructed.  I've taught myself some tricks as I've built things over the years (in fits and starts), and I've become more confident in my ability to create shapes from scratch. But this still isn't the triceratops head I want to make: it's closer, but it's not there yet. 
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I haven't weighed it, but I'm guessing it's in the neighborhood of 70-80 pounds. This photo was taken a few days ago, when I still wasn't sure if I loved it or hated it.
11 Comments
Katharine Donahue
9/5/2016 03:25:05 pm

I'm on the love side.

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Patricia White
9/5/2016 04:32:04 pm

I'm sure this is another successful creation. Wondering if you're going on a block trip to share your work with your neighbors (donors). Only a photo suggestion: wear a contrasting color so the sculpture is easier to see.

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Andy White
9/5/2016 04:49:31 pm

The shirt is the shirt . . . downcycled from good shirt to weekend shirt to gardening shirt to workshop shirt and now destined to become rags. Would you believe it started off white?

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pferk
9/6/2016 04:55:24 am

A magnificent piece of work. And the shirt is a successful personal statement for recycling..

Björn
9/6/2016 10:32:46 am

Might believe it started off off-white, but not white.Wow. But the sculpture is great IMO. I'd maybe prefer a more homogenous rusty finish meself, but I guess that raises issues with welding?

Andy White
9/6/2016 10:39:51 am

Welding rusty metal isn't a big deal - sometimes you have to scrape a bit off to get a good contact, but that's not a problem. If left outside this will fairly quickly rust up. For now I like it a bit shiny, so it will stay indoors (somewhere).

Jim
9/5/2016 04:39:03 pm

Cool, but it's sooo 1970s with the heavy metal and the brake stands. Chill out and use a little Wood stock in your sculptures. :)

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Killbuck
9/5/2016 08:00:16 pm

Really "diggin" it. Paleontology humor

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RiverM
9/6/2016 03:33:32 pm

I think it's awesome. Spent rotors are the perfect canvas for gifting a boat anchor to paddler friends.

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Jose S
9/7/2016 08:02:46 am

For those of you who questioned the "Men walked among Dinosaurs theory here is unquestionable proof. Above you can see a renowned paleontologist and skeptic holding a Triceratops head. Pieces of the skull were spread over a large area in and around Columbia, SC. The pieces were found in the upper layers of middens and in some cases on the top surface layer. What makes this find so valuable for the theory is that 99.999 percent of the skull is some type of man made alloy, pointing to the possibility that this Triceratops was someone's pet. It is believed that at one time the creature suffered some kind of injury forcing his original owner and an ancient veterinarian to replace bone with metal alloys. Naysayers and Smithsonian operatives started questioning this important find as soon as it was announced and may cover up this important find, just as they did with the Helenwood Devil.

:-)

On a serious note, great work Andy!!!

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Killbuck
9/7/2016 06:39:43 pm

This confirms my theory that dinosaurs were created by aliens, from old car parts that they collected by time travelling to the future to obtain the materials. As Erick Von D would say, "zey vouldn't bring old car parts from zer own planeeet..." inescapable logic that is.

Andy actually did not make that, he you see, is part of the reptiloid Smithsonian conspiracy, determined to hide the truth about extraterrestrial dino mechanics. Why then you ask, is he posting pics of the forbidden artifact? It is clearly part of a devious disinformation campaign to discredit the truth by displaying it. If you think that makes no sense, you obviously are blind to the obvious reality of obvious-ness.

If you need anything else explained, I'll be in the study, just knock.

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