Nancy Otto
Computer Dating Smoking Heart Smoking Heart
Where the Heart Lurks
This series follows the lonely heart looking for love in all the hard places -- under a streetlamp, at a bar, and online.

These pieces are extremely technically challenging. Each component in a piece is created individually and then kept hot until all components are completed. Then the artist along with two assistants carefully assembles all of the components together while they are molten hot. The various difficulties include hefting the weight of the piece for many hours, keeping all the components in their intended poses, and ensuring that the components stay warm enough so that they do not break upon attachment, but not too warm that they slump.

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