What I Do

[mso489]

'Like the various materials and your use of them. I like the shark tooth/glass piece and the ashtrays especially.

 

[jerwynn]

Way awesome splendidly cool!!! Thanks for posting the gallery! What a fun jaunt!

:clap:

 

[skraps]

Cool shit, HM. Very nice work.

 

[hmhaines]

Thanks guys!

 

[carver]

I really like what you've done. In general I'm always baffled by what some people can do with what they find around them.

This process gives old and rejected things a second life, and sometimes a more meaningful life. They are reborn through art, while their first "life" was "all" functional instead. BRAVO!! :clap:

 

[hmhaines]

Thanks Carver. I like giving new life to broken old nonsense!

 

[ssjones]

Wonderful work. Lets see some shots of your shop - I'm curious as to what kinds of equipment yields those items.

 

[kiel]

+1 ssjones
I enjoy seeing other people's set ups too
Hmhaines - very cool pieces!

 

[jvnshr]

Amazing.

 

[tslex]

Good on you, HMHAINES!
Wonderful work, all this playing with fire. I'm a reasonable polydidactic, but to my dismay have never learned to weld. The entire thing fascinates me and I love that you've turned it to art. [My wife is a potter and I'm sso impressed by people who can MAKE beautiful, useful things.]
Are you primarily an artist, or do you also do more conventional welding?

 

[hmhaines]

I do some repair work, workshop furniture, rhings like that. Prefer the more playful, artsy fartsy stuff a little more, but I am happy as long as I'm building things!

 

[lifesizehobbit]

Nice; being a car hobbyist, I am always fascinated by craftsmen and artisans. Especially anything done vintage style or old school technique.

 

[ejames]

Cool stuff !

 

[hextor]

wow, amazing!!! love the work, have you ever try to submit you art work, very abstract and also unique, the ashtrays are very awesome, what inspires you to make such wonderful work.