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International Sculptor · Bernie Jestrabek-Hart |
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About the Medium of Barbed
Wire for Sculptures Barbed Wire Sculptures I create these sculptures out of older barbed wire. Barbed wire is made of steel. The older wire is a soft, clean steel and was not galvanized. (It is called "black" wire.) Some of this wire is more than 40 years old. I prefer this older wire because I know it is durable. I use wire that already has some rust and the galvanization, it there was any, has almost disappeared. (Galvanization is made up of Zinc and the gas released when heated it deadly.) I choose wire that seems substantial with the rusted coating. Wire that is too rusty is difficult to weld and would not be as durable. As a finished coating there are two choices:
2.) In 1997, I was introduced to s substance called "Rust-Be-Gone". I apply it to the rusted surface where it combines with the rust and becomes another substance. I then use good quality paint, for color. There will always be rust inside the sculpture where the coating cannot reach.
The wires are welded about 2 inches apart which makes the wire very strong. I also incorporate a strong inside bracing when I know it might be needed. An example is the "Great Blue Heron", on display near the green belt pathway by the Boise River in Boise, Idaho.
Created by Bernie Jestrabek-Hart 09/20/2007
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