"Create..." (ant)

Individual “ants” before attaching to Chain-link fence.

 

This was my submission ("Create...") to the 1st Annual Chain-link Fence Art Exhibition and Competition. Had a lot of fun with this, inspired by chain-link fencing of which I’ve never worked with before, tricky stuff ;) My arms got a work out.

 

MATERIALS: 4 ft. x 4ft. scrap piece of chain-link fencing, a found barbeque grill (web), crystals, glass beads, found metal nuts/bolts/washers, metal wire and scrap telephone wire. I wanted people to discover the message in the spider’s web, “create” that would tie into the leading ant’s message of peace, happiness, laughter, love, opportunity, dreams, something(!). It’s good fun if we choose to create positive things for ourselves and the world :)

 

If you are curious about the process and the other versions/redo’s that went into this piece, please visit my blog to see more!

 

Beginning process and alternate versions - mousehouseart.blogspot.com/2010/09/create.html

Finishing touches and final piece - mousehouseart.blogspot.com/2010/09/create-part-ii.html

 

Done