Metal Work: More Sculptures

Thinking about how it wouldn't take too long to apply the expanding foam forms to my main sculpture, or to weld the supports for it to be up high (if I choose to display it free standing), I have started thinking about making some smaller sculptures to go around it too. These will mimic the same materials and relative sizes of the original fence, but will appear even more distorted. Hyper extended, warped and also featuring expanding forms and tarmac resin in areas to give each piece it's own uniqueness. See the diagrams below:

1) This piece would lay flat on the floor, the larger of the 4, its' bars hyperextended, flowing and interlocking/crossing. I will be able to bend these bars, which are square shaped, using forces and tools to form each twist and turn round. I would need to do the bending before welding the four bars to the horizontal pieces.

2) I am undecided about this small work, it either could be bent to rock / free stand using the vertical bars, or the shape could be hung from the space (if I choose the hang all the works and go in the low ceiling space), perhaps rotating continuously on a motor. The horizontal bars which are rectangular shaped will be welded using a TIG welder, using applied heat to the surface of the metal and then hammering and/or bending it around something for the metal to be warped accordingly. Then using a spot welder the bars will be joined together.

3) This sculpture I am going to have free standing the 'correct' way up, perhaps balancing on a lump of tarmac wedged underneath one end. The tarmac placement in the drawings is just a work in progress - I want to be more intuitive with the applied materials, directing but still giving them freedom to produce surprising elements within the work.

4) Similar to the others, but just containing one bar could be interesting. You can see how I have drawn it, this one is a little different to the others as there appears to be obvious shapes created in the middle pole.

Above is my experiment with finding the right metal and sizes in the metal workshop that can be ordered, as well as testing out how hard the process of manipulating each piece would be. I want it to take the exact appearance of the original fence piece. In terms of process, I used a TIG welder to warp the bottom piece and just bent the other piece around solid objects using force. Both were welded together using a spot welder. Next step is ordering the poles, perhaps completing the large fence at the same time as these works.