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A dynamic sculpture from pennies

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Day 21: The Materials

Day 21: The Materials

This sculpture isn’t very tall yet, but I’m planning for the day that it is. I can’t just place and stack the pennies. I had to do some research and experimentation to figure out how to make them stick together permanently. After scouring through many websites of hobbyists, jewelers, and others who work with metal, I came … read more Day 21: The Materials

Posted on July 27, 2015May 15, 2019Author LisaCategories PenniesTags 2015, art
Day 1: I am 56 years old

Day 1: I am 56 years old

What can you do with 16,252 pennies? I’m beginning a new art project today to find out. The Goal: a dynamic sculpture that represents the way that small individual elements of time cohere to make a whole, one which changes with each addition Its working title is: If I Live to Be a Hundred … An Accounting of … read more Day 1: I am 56 years old

Posted on July 7, 2015February 24, 2017Author LisaCategories PenniesTags 2015, art, birthday

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