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Delivering to a Gallery - 03-04-10
Delivering work to a gallery can require creativity, too. In this video, Kevin delivers his Corten steel sculpture Sashay to Wild Holly Gallery in Carefree, Arizona. With the peripheral help of gallery owner Holly, Kevin single-handedly unloads this 9-foot-tall sculpture, then takes you on a brief tour of Holly's gallery. Come along!
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Finish Work: After Sandblasting - 02-27-10
After his sound feature Perchering returned from the sandblaster, Kevin inspected it for defects so he could grind and blow them out, then weld them. He uses both his TIG and MIG welders to complete the finish work.
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At the Studio - 02-19-10
Kevin gives a tour of his studio before the arrival of a group from the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. He shows his forge, plasma cutter, oxygen-acetylene welder, MIG welder, TIG welder, air hammer, English wheel, brake, slip roll as well as his tool room and some of his work as he awaits his visitors. Hey, thank you for coming by, too!
If you'd like to see more images of the studio, visit the Studio Photo Gallery.
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MIG Welding: Fixing Flaws and Porosity - 02-12-10
Kevin is fixing low spots and joints on a bell stand. He shares how to deal with porosity and other flaws as he welds, grinds and rewelds the steel piece.
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TIG Welding: Handling the Tungsten - 01-20-10
Kevin shares tips on how to sharpen the tungsten in a TIG welder to make it easier to weld and save time.
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TIG Welding: Adjusting Controls - 01-12-10
In response to a YouTube request, Kevin explains how he adjusts his TIG welder for welding.
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Rusting Sashay - 01-08-10
Kevin is putting the patina on his steel sculpture Sashay simply by spraying it with water. He explains how weathering steel (Cor-ten) works and why.
Click here for more information about Sashay.
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Fitting Steel for Sashay's Top - 12-29-09
With the body of his 9-foot tall weathering steel sculpture Sashay formed, Kevin shapes the top of the piece using a variety of tools, including an English wheel, air hammer and his custom made hydraulic lift table to fit the top.
Click here for more information about Sashay.
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Getting an Angle on Sashay - 12-20-09
Kevin addresses the aesthetic and practical aspects of the top of his 9-foot tall sculpture weathering steel (Cor-ten) Sashay. He shows how he determines the angle and its practical value, as well as reveals some tricks he's learned when working alone. Click here for more information about this sculpture.
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Cutting Tools: Foot and Bench Shears - 12-09-09
There are all sorts of cutting tools, and you want the right tool for the job. Kevin shows how he uses his foot, or jump, shear and his bench shear to cut sheet metal.
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Welding: Oxygen Acetylene - 12-01-09
Welding with oxygen acetylene is as simple as 1-2-3. First, Kevin shares how to get your torch set right and what kind of rod to use. Second, he shows how to heat and weld the metal, and third, he demonstrates how to set his magnets on fire. Still, it's a good demonstration of basic oxygen acetylene welding, which has some similarities to TIG welding.
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Tools - A Magnetic Drill - 11-19-09
The right tool for the job makes all the difference. Sculptor Kevin Caron uses the right tool to drill 1-1/2-inch holes in a 1-1/4-inch steel plate using a magnetic drill. He shows how to use drill bits effectively, why the magnetic drill (which does the job of a drill press) is superior to his hammer drill and cordless drill. Yup, drill here, drill now!
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CAD Design - 11-04-09
Kevin shares how he uses CAD software to design art. Alibre design software helps him create more complex sculpture.
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Welding Two Plates - 10-28-09
He may not be a certified welder, but based on a YouTube request, sculptor Kevin Caron shares how to weld two plates together using his TIG welder. He demonstrates how to chamfer the steel, then weld it together, all the while discussing voltage levels, electrodes and other cool welding minutiae.
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Virtual Art Show - 10-15-09
Just before his solo show "Free Play" opened, Kevin grabbed the camera to give you a video tour. You'll see a number of his sculptures as well as the layout of the show at Pearson & Company in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Spinning Mobilus - 10-12-09
When sculptor Kevin Caron saw the piece he'd been working on casting shadows as it spun, he couldn't resist. Even before it gets its patina, Mobilus shows its sensuous shadow as Kevin takes it out for a spin.
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Sandblasting a Metal Sculpture - 10-05-09
Kevin sends out his larger work for sandblasting, but with small jobs will sometimes use his handheld blaster. In this video, he blasts the sculpture Tink to prepare its surface for a fresh finish for an upcoming show. Kevin also talks about various kind of blasting abrasives. Blast away!
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Welding and Grinding - 09-23-09
With the skin now on the stand for BobbyPin, Kevin's new bell, it's time for the tedious part: touching up the welds, grinding, welding some more, grinding .... Kevin also talks about the finish he's considering: rust and Penetrol for a harder, shinier look.
sculpture, welding, welds, grinding, finish, rust, Penetrol, steel sculpture, bell, gong, sculptor, Kevin Caron
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Fixing A Wrinkle - 09-17-09
The stand for the bell BobbyPin developed a little wrinkle when Kevin was convincing the two sides to twist, turn and swoop into place. That's nothing that a little heat from an oxygen-acetylene welding torch with a rosebud tip, a flattening hammer, a crowbar and a blacksmith's dolly won't fix!
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Fitting Pieces to Create a Seamless Look - 09-04-09
To create solid bases - yes, two of them - for his new bell stand, Kevin cuts and fits pieces using the slip roll, hammer, shear and plasma cutter, then welds the pieces into place between the structural supports. Making the base solid gives the stand for this bell, whose working title is BobbyPin, greater rigidity and strength.
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MIG Welding: Should You Push or Lead the Puddle? - 08-26-09
A viewer of Kevin's TIG Welding Technique video said that, when he is MIG welding, he prefers to push the puddle, rather than lead it. Kevin takes on the challenge, showing how each approach works. You'll see some close ups of some pretty welds ....
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Visiting the Loveland Sculpture Shows - 08-08-09
Kevin visits two sculpture shows in Loveland, Colorado. The Loveland Sculpture Invitational features eight tents (one for suppliers) and a large outside sculpture garden, where Kevin introduces you to a dragon, a buffalo and some horses as well as other fascinating sculptures. The juried Sculpture in the Park show in the Benson Sculpture Garden has four tents and some outside venues and more beautiful work.
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Using a Slip Roll to Shape a 3-D Sculpture - 07-30-09
Sure, people use slip rolls (or slip rollers) all the time to make three-dimensional sculptures, but this time Kevin is feeding something more than a flat piece of steel through his slip roll. In this video, he shows how he welded together a grid of 1/4" stock, then feeds it whole into the jaws of the slip roll beast to make the sculpture After Escher.
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Kinetic Sculpture Spinning - 06-15-09
Just mounted on its bearing, Kevin gives his kinetic sculpture a whirl, showing off the Genome Project's incredible shadow.
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Firing Up the Forge in June in Phoenix - 06-09-09
After making his flowing renditions of the desert plant the ocotillo in other ways, Kevin decides to fire up his coal-fired forge ... on a 106 degree day. He shares how the forge works, how he uses water to keep the fire running efficiently, how he bends the railroad spikes he uses to make the ocotillo branches in his anvil, and more. Click here to see a finished ocotillo.
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A Twist on Sculpture - 06-01-09
Kevin explains how - and why - he's creating the sculpture The Genome Project, a series of balls and tubes that creates an undulating sheet of steel "fabric."
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Coating an Exterior Door With a Linseed Oil Finish - 05-25-09
Kevin applies the final finish - a coat of linseed oil and mineral spirits - to a large exterior metal door using an automotive paint sprayer.
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Installing a Public Art Commission, Part 2 - 05-15-09
The installation of "Hands On," a public art commission for the city of Avondale, Arizona, went flawlessly. The crane lower the trunk into place, Kevin and his merry elves raise the branches using a welding torch and hang the hands using balance and ingenuity. Thanks to Mike DiGiacomo and Judge Bellamak for their invaluable assistance, as well as the entire city of Avondale for commissioning this project.
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Transporting a 14-foot Steel Tree, Part 1 - 05-07-09
How do you get a 600-pound steel tree trunk onto a trailer? Kevin shows and explains how he used a jack, scrap wood, two dolly carts, a chain and a car lift to get this large and heavy section of the public art commission "Hands On" onto his trailer for transportation to the city of Avondale for installation.
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Cutting Stainless Steel Donut Feet - 05-04-09
To give a stainless steel sculpture a more stable yet still elegant base, Kevin cuts small "donuts," or disks, out of 1/4" stainless steel. He shows how he uses a simple trick to keep from disfiguring the steel while cutting it.
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Making Donuts - 04-24-09
Kevin uses the plasma cutter with circle cutter attachment, grinder and air hammer (air shaper) to make steel "donuts" for an architectural door. Along the way, he demonstrates why you always measure more than once before cutting ....
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Deconstructing a Metal Tree - 04-17-09
"I'm melting!" OK, maybe it's not melting, but Kevin is reducing the metal tree public commission for the city of Avondale, Arizona, to a trunk and a tangle of branches so he can transport it to Avondale's Sernas Plaza for installation - without hitting overpasses or taking up more than one lane of traffic. Along the way, he shares secrets of controlling the bends ... and tries not to hit you in the head with the branches.
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Combining Metal Tubes and Balls for a Sculpture - 04-09-09
For his latest piece, Kevin is creating "strings" of steel tubing and steel balls. While it sounds simple, that involves cutting the tubes to an exact length, cleaning them and prepping the balls so they don't explode (even though that might be fun to see). See what Kevin does to create what looks like a simple series of tubes and balls - then check out what the piece looks like now in In the Works.
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TIG Welding Technique - 04-02-09
TIG welding offers a lot of advantages over MIG welding, arc and oxygen-acetylene welding. Kevin shows how he gets the most out of his TIG welder - and reveals some TIG welding tricks along the way.
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Grinding Hands for Public Art Commission - 03-17-09
Kevin grinds away at the project Hands On for the city of Avondale, Arizona. In preparing 200 individual steel hands for the tree's leaves, he uses three grinders to clean the hands, a 4" angle grinder, an air grinder and a pencil grinder. See still shots of the process in the Hands On Photo Gallery.
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Adding Branches to a Steel Tree - 03-03-09
Kevin continues to work on Hands On, his public art commission for the city of Avondale, Arizona. With the trunk of the tree now standing, he turns to the crown. Kevin uses a recycled steel disk and his hydraulic pipe bender to build the branches where he can reach them, and shows how he'll attach the branches, then secure it in the top of the tree's trunk. See still shots of the process in the Hands On Photo Gallery.
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Bending Steel With an Acetylene Torch - 02-19-09
Kevin uses a rosebud tip on his acetylene torch to heat up solid 1-inch steel rods so he can shape them for a public sculpture. He heats a section of the rod until it is red hot and looks almost fluid, then bends it to get the desired shape. Handyman Michael DiGiacomo is helping out, too, building a cut-off table - there's never a dull moment in the studio!
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Using a Hydraulic Pipe Bender to Make a Metal Tree - 02-02-09
Kevin uses a hydraulic pipe bender to make sections of a metal tree trunk for a public sculpture commissioned by the city of Avondale, Arizona. He shows how the pipe bender works, and shares some tricks, too, revealing how he creates a pattern to replicate the shapes.
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Comparing Arc, MIG and TIG Welders - 01-23-09
Kevin compares arc welders, MIG welders and TIG welders, explaining how they work and their respective benefits.
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Beginning the Public Art Sculpture Hands On - 01-17-09
For the public art commission "Hands On" for the city of Avondale, Arizona, Kevin starts with the basics, cutting each hand out of paper, then sketching them onto steel so they can be cut out with the plasma cutter. He explains the project, and shows the raw steel rods that will become the tree roots and branches.
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RainDrop Running - 01-17-09
Kevin's welded steel waterfall RainDrop flows beautifully during a test.... Now all we need is a little rain in Arizona!
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Creating a Welded Waterfall - 01-07-09
Rube Goldberg lives! Working with the landscape company Life's A Garden, Kevin explains and demonstrates the series of metal troughs he's welding together to create an aqueduct with waterfalls to funnel rainwater from a client's roof over their patio into their front yard, where it will soak back into the earth. When Kevin pours some water into the system, he proves it still, well, needs a little more welding, but it's all in the plan, really!
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Making a Hollow Piece of Steel Appear Solid - 12-29-08
Part of his sculpture Copernicus are two "slabs" of steel with holes in them. Kevin shows how he makes the holes using the slip roll, then finishes them so the slabs appear to be made of solid steel with holes punched in them.
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Trimming a Metal Christmas Tree - 12-15-08
Kevin does his thing for the environment, using a "Union Pacific Pine" made of authentic railroad spikes for his Christmas tree. In the spirit of the season and with the help of an elf, Kevin trims the tree. Merry Christmas!
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Inside a Plasma Cutter - 12-08-08
While performing a "cablectomy" on his plasma cutter, Kevin shows the inside of the machine - and justifies not wearing safety glasses while cutting metal.
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Making a Sculpture out of Railroad Spikes - 11-24-08
Kevin explains how he built a base from found materials, then shows how he welds on the spiky "branches" he built, and then begins the bending to create a new version of an ocotillo. He got really creative with this one - see the twists and turns for yourself on TwistTie's own page.
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Adding Finishing Touches to Diamante - 11-18-08
With the upper sections of Kevin's large kinetic sculpture Diamante nearly complete, he adds some finishing touches to the base. He shows how he sets, tacks, then welds on the feet, then stands up Diamante and gives her a spin.
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Unglamorous Side of Being an Artist - 11-06-08
If you think artists sit around thinking cool stuff and go to openings, think again. Kevin shares one of the perfunctory aspects of creating art - and his secret to working with railroad spikes.
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Steadying Two Spinning Components - 10-24-08
Kevin's 9-foot-tall steel sculpture Diamante is taking shape. He's roughed together the outer and inner diamonds and set them on bearings. Now he's fine-tuning the mechanics so the two diamonds can rotate independently - and smoothly.
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Fitting Angles on Diamante - 10-08-08
Kevin takes on another challenge in a sculpture called Diamante, which will have two diamonds, one inside each other, that rotate. He explains how he is fitting together the outside diamond by using the metal he cut off to attach each side to fill in the opening each connection created. Watch the video and it'll make sense!
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Creating A Clapper for a Chime - 09-23-08
How do you make a dished chime ring? Kevin figures it out ... and shares the answer with you.
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Loaded, Painted - 09-17-08
Kevin sees the paint job on Loaded for the first time - and tries to get Ed Smoot of Smooth Engineering, who did the work, to reveal his secrets.
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Sculpture from the Ashes - 09-10-08
Kevin gets a delivery of, well, junk salvaged from one of the California fires from which he will make sculpture that will be auctioned off. The project, Art From the Ashes, benefits META. Stay tuned for what rises from these ashes ....
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Making a Metal Ring - 08-29-08
Kevin transforms a section of a truck coil spring into a metal ring using an oxygen-acetylene torch, tongs and a big hammer.
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Spinning Loaded - 08-22-08
With most of his finish work complete, Kevin has mounted Loaded, his latest sculpture, on a bearing so it can spin with the light touch of a hand or breeze. In this video, he explains how he made the magic happen.
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Getting Loaded - 08-14-08
Odds are, Kevin will have this new sculpture, Loaded, done before too much longer. It's similar to Wild Swiss, another twisted piece, but he's used the air hammer to round some of the corners, adding a new dimension to the general wackiness.
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Making Metal Dishes - 08-07-08
OK, they're more dimples than dishes, but Kevin needs to make 21 of them for a project. Watch as he uses a plasma circle cutter to make the blank, then pounds them silly with the air hammer to make the concave dimples.
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Using the Air Hammer to Make Crabby - 07-24-08
Kevin is still playing - I mean studying! - his new tool, the air hammer. He uses it to shape a new pal, Crabby.
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Air Hammer Introduction - 07-17-08
The tool fairy brought Kevin an air hammer, which allows him to shape and even shrink metal faster and better than ever before.
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Using the Slip Roll to Shape a Sculpture - 06-17-08
Kevin uses a slip roll to shape a stainless steel sculpture, explaining some of the wiles of working with metal.
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At the Powder Coater - 06-12-08
Kevin takes BackFlip - the steel sculpture that will rise 10 feet in the air before a mountainside home - to the powder coater.
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Using a Chinese Pipe Bender - 06-06-08
Kevin creates the edge of a piece for a 7-foot tall commission using the ingenious Chinese pipe bender. He explains how he's using it, and how he could have done it on the forge - preferably without setting his pants on fire.
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Using a Plasma Cutter - 05-30-08
Kevin shows - and explains - how a plasma cutter works as he begins a new stainless steel sculpture. He talks about his favorite clamps, too.
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Shaping Ciuffo - 05-22-08
Kevin reveals the third rule of metal working while shaping the flowing steel sculpture Ciuffo.
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Adding Metal Leaves to CrissCross - 05-15-08
Kevin places leaves on a vine sculpture, telling more about the leaves and the project itself.
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Using the English Wheel - 05-08-08
Kevin uses the English Wheel to stretch and shape metal for a quick model for a sculpture.
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TIG Welding on Calyx and Design Fun - 04-29-08
Kevin zeroes in on the finish work on Calyx - see the TIG in action - and shows the pattern for a new commission.
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TIG Welding - 04-21-08
Kevin plays with his new toy - I mean tool! - a TIG welder, as he works on sculptures Calyx and a new piece called Three Suns.
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Installing Isadora - 04-08-08
Kevin and his lovely assistant, Mary, install Isadora, a kinetic sculpture named after the dancer Isadora Duncan. Filmed by guest "shooter" Sandra Aska.
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Working on Calyx - 04-03-08
Kevin starts work on Calyx, an outdoor stainless steel sculpture, including doing a little welding.
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What's Going On at the Studio - 03-25-08
Kevin talks about a couple of projects he's working on, including a spider, a lily and something you're not really supposed to see.
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