http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=58881 Artist http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58899 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58899"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/50ee71e0f947a3bbd466883b471dba2f/50ee71e0f947a3bbd466883b471dba2f_scale_53_80.jpg" height="80" width="53" border="1" alt="Yarab3" /></a><br/>Hammered copper sculpture of 3-D Arabic calligraphy<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:09:17 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58898 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58898"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/e47d04613e780ac6a647f77862dd4435/e47d04613e780ac6a647f77862dd4435_scale_52_80.jpg" height="80" width="52" border="1" alt="Oct3-00" /></a><br/>Fabricated Steel sculpture. Painted. Measuring 18"x 26" x 43"H<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:08:00 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58897 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58897"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/c7cf6baff4f220a0eea1eb6a0d901983/c7cf6baff4f220a0eea1eb6a0d901983_scale_53_80.jpg" height="80" width="53" border="1" alt="Shukran" /></a><br/>Hand Hammered copper sculpture<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:05:29 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58896 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58896"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/e4fca2a27c0bae9ae22626c0ed20b17e/e4fca2a27c0bae9ae22626c0ed20b17e_scale_53_80.jpg" height="80" width="53" border="1" alt="YaRab2" /></a><br/>Hand hammered steel sculpture depicting abstract Arabic calligraphy. Work was inspired by Arabic language. Though I don't read or write Arabic, I found the 99 names of God found in Arabic to be quite intriguing and so I began experimenting with their use in sculpture.<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:56:21 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58895 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58895"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/24a5111a1b7dfc8a9e272b517e5f2c5a/24a5111a1b7dfc8a9e272b517e5f2c5a_scale_64_80.jpg" height="80" width="64" border="1" alt="Yarab1" /></a><br/>hammered steel 3-D calligraphic sculpture of Arabic word YaRab<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:53:15 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58894 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58894"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/da1ca2f2f538f2d66959e6af8ffd43f7/da1ca2f2f538f2d66959e6af8ffd43f7_scale_53_80.jpg" height="80" width="53" border="1" alt="bismillah" /></a><br/>painted steel sculpture. Hand hammered. Abstract depiction of Arabic calligraphy<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:51:41 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58893 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58893"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/b17df08db787148650a10e0c3288a690/b17df08db787148650a10e0c3288a690_scale_46_80.jpg" height="80" width="46" border="1" alt="Al Jabbar " /></a><br/>Fabricated Steel sculpture in paprika red.<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:38:35 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58892 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58892"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/7b72b4a34fa8e1d9a4d9e8391b449cf8/7b72b4a34fa8e1d9a4d9e8391b449cf8_scale_50_80.jpg" height="80" width="50" border="1" alt="Blizzard" /></a><br/>This petite sculpture, measuring less than 6" tall was sculpted while snow bound in my home during a blizzard, in the Winter of 1996. The work was unique not so much for the form as much as due to the "anvil" I used to shape the metal on. Since I couldn't get outside to my shop, I used a lag screw, secured into the corner of my wooden table, and hammered the shape using a hammer in the house. It was a work born out of boredom and a despirate need to have something to do.<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:37:24 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58891 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58891"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/3aeb9870d0e4e6ef77b3ede8c35faf99/3aeb9870d0e4e6ef77b3ede8c35faf99_scale_40_79.jpg" height="79" width="40" border="1" alt="Ya Rab" /></a><br/>Steel and Wood sculpture. 3-D arabic Calligraphy<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:29:20 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58890 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58890"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/b70a40e56a0541a93a65e554cbc4f403/b70a40e56a0541a93a65e554cbc4f403_scale_59_80.jpg" height="80" width="59" border="1" alt="Oct1-00" /></a><br/>Steel and copper abstract spherical form<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:05:10 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58889 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58889"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/6aa799267dc8efc35d4d9b24de9cc91c/6aa799267dc8efc35d4d9b24de9cc91c_scale_55_80.jpg" height="80" width="55" border="1" alt="sketch in Steel" /></a><br/>Sketch in steel is a sculpture in steel wire. Currently located at ArtWorks gallery, Brookings, SD<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:00:10 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58887 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58887"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/16db499085a371f6e4de8144c0b3817a/16db499085a371f6e4de8144c0b3817a_scale_60_80.jpg" height="80" width="60" border="1" alt="Al Jabbar" /></a><br/>Hammered copper 3-D calligraphic sculpture of the Arabic Word, Al Jabbar . Copper is one of my most favored metals to work. The piece is worked in my forge and hand hammered to form the calligraphic lines of Arabic script.<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 03:56:25 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58883 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58883"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/220c55570a5373a7aeb88fbcb075fb60/220c55570a5373a7aeb88fbcb075fb60_scale_47_80.jpg" height="80" width="47" border="1" alt="Winter 2000 (Wal-Asr)" /></a><br/>Winter 2000 is a large 3-D sculpture in both positive and negative, that spells out the Arabic word, Wal-Asr. The work is in fabricated steel. 37"x 31" x 57"H<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:14:10 GMT Eric Wenger http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58882 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=58882"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_7552/ccc3a39e9243ac9a9d09d0de844736bf/ccc3a39e9243ac9a9d09d0de844736bf_scale_47_80.gif" height="80" width="47" border="1" alt="Cacoon" /></a><br/>This piece is mixed medium of steel and hammered copper. The steel is a collage of small strips of steel welded together into the form seen and nesting in the steel is a long hand hammered strip of copper.<br/> Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:11:32 GMT Eric Wenger