Artist Information:
Ray Ellis
Kingsbury, IN
United States
Member Since: Mar 2001
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Artist Statement:
Working in a steel foundry is
busy, hot, dusty work during
the daytime hours, but after
hours can be a fun and
interesting place!
SteelArt is two different
forms of artwork, both derived
from molten steel.
The wall hangings are made
from alloy steel. They are
made by melting steel and
various alloys to temperatures
approaching 3,000 degrees F.
in a large furnace and tipping
the molten metal onto flat
molding surfaces.
Each piece is individually
made and all the pieces vary
in size and form. No two
pieces are identical. Since
they are made from solid
steel, the pieces can be quite
heavy.
The paper weights are made
from dross which is the
impurities in the molten steel
which rise to the top of the
furnace as the steel is
melted. The dross is scooped
off the top of the liquid
steel and dripped onto flat
surfaces, forming unique and
interesting pieces.
As the red-hot dross cools,
the colors and textures emerge
in a delightful array of
extrordinary pieces.
The various alloys in the
steel and the content of the
impurities results in the
differing colors, textures,
and patterns of the paper
weights.
These are rare and ...
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Ray Ellis's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Ray Ellis's Portfolio. Browse Ellis's body of work: Working in a steel foundry is busy, hot, dusty work during the daytime hours, but after hours can be a fun and interesting place!
SteelArt is two different forms of artwork, both derived from molten steel.
The wall hangings are made from alloy steel. They are made by melting steel and various alloys to temperatures approaching 3,000 degrees F. in a large furnace and tipping the molten metal onto flat molding surfaces.
Each piece is individually made and all the pieces vary in size and form. No two pieces are identical. Since they are made from solid steel, the ... |
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