American Gothic, Hammer and nails

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"American Gothic" Hammers and nails

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"American Gothic" Hammers and nails

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This is made with thousands of nails and tacks. It is my version of the art work, "American Gothic" with the farmer, his wife and pitch fork. The hammers are the male and female. The frame is made of solid mahogony. Not seen well in the photos is the variouse levels that the nails are hammered in making for a very nice tecture.  Measures 20"x16"x3"

posted in: The Gallery, tool, modern, box, mahogany, hammer, plywood, polyurethane, art nouveau, nails

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Comments (5)

Czappa writes: The black behind the nails is just plywood stained with the darkest stain I could find. There are two layers of plywood.
Posted: 12:31 pm on August 31st

graydog writes: I love this piece. What is the dark backing material or is it just black paint?
Posted: 3:11 am on August 31st

Czappa writes: McCanon, glade you like it. This is my second one, the first was with just one hammer. I might do one with five hammers someday. I haven't weighed it yet but probably is around 50 lbs or so. Thanks Bill
Posted: 8:41 pm on August 28th

McCanon writes: Bill, this fabulous. What a great idea. Gothic for sure. Hope this isn't your last piece with this technique. Post another when it happens. Did you weight it? I'm going to guess 42 lbs give or take a couple.
Posted: 12:05 pm on August 27th

HenryHud writes:
This is brilliant. I may have to borrow the idea.
Posted: 10:04 am on August 26th

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