Selected Works
Experiences through Material 2011-2015 Andrew Kotleski
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Early Concrete Works
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Early Steel Works
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Sheet Steel Works
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Folding Steel Series
119 Fragments
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Early Concrete Works
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Burn Spring 2014 Concrete A concrete form was produced with forty wood dowels in the the center. Once the concrete was cured, the dowels were burned out using a torch. The reult was a void with texture, color, smell, and light.
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Burn Spring 2014 Concrete Looking through the void left after the dowels were burnt away and light is shining through the hole.
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Burn Spring 2014 Concrete The surface of the exterior is glazed and rich with charred reminats of the dowels to produce a rich tecture, color, shape and smell.
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Untitled Spring 2014 Concrete This was a trial of concrete experimenting with various textures and shapes that can be produced with concrete.
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Untitled Spring 2014 Concrete This was a trial of concrete experimenting with various textures and shapes that can be produced with concrete.
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Untitled Spring 2014 Concrete This was a trial of concrete experimenting with various textures and shapes that can be produced with concrete.
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Steel in Concrete Spring 2014 Concrete Steel elements consisting of wire and sheet steel were placed in the concrete creating a compostion. The steel elements protrude out of the concrete to create shadows and move towards the viewer.
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Plane Spring 2014 Concrete The goal of this peice was to try and prodcue the thinnest peice of concrete possible. This piece measures roughly 81/2”X11”X1/4” thick.
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Beam Spring 2014 Concrete Opposite to Plane, Beam is a long linear experiment in concrete, measuring about four feet long with a cross section of 1�X3�.
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Early Steel Works
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Rust I Spring 2014 Steel Initial chemically rusted steel experiment.
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Rust II Spring 2014 Steel Chemically rusted steel experiment.
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Folds II Spring 2014 Steel Chemically rusted steel dipped in solution and displaying varying folds of the material. Experimenting with sharp right angle bends and gentle rounded curves .
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Folds II Spring 2014 Steel Similar to Folds I, this introduces more folds and the rusting solution “painted� on with a brush in a non-rust, rust patteren.
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Peeling Spring 2014 Steel Peeling was the first experiment that exlplored metal that was unaltored after cutting the steel with various sheers. Part of Peeling was soaked in the chemical enhancing rust solution after being sheered.
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Peeling I Spring 2014 Steel Peeling was the first experiment that exlplored metal that was unaltored after cutting the steel with various sheers. Part of Peeling was soaked in the chemical enhancing rust solution after being sheered.
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Peeling II Spring 2014 Steel Peeling II was greatly larger than Peeling I and many similar methods except the rusting which was not used.
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Rust Composition Spring 2014 Steel Rather than dipping or covering the steel with the chemical solution, brushes were used to paint a composition on clean steel with the rust chemical solution.
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Circle in Rectangle Spring 2014 Steel
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Square in Rectangle Spring 2014 Steel
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Slashes I Spring 2014 Steel A hammer and chisel was used to cut slashes into the steel. Slashes I was the first in a series using a hammer and chisel to carve voids. The others in the series experiemented with various cuts, diagional and some cutting the edge of the steel rather than the inner section of the steel canvas.
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Slashes II Spring 2014 Steel
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Slashes III Spring 2014 Steel
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Holes Spring 2014 Steel Similar to the Slashes series, Holes useing a hammer and punch, driving it through the steel. Various size punches were used to create small and larger holes. At the same time, in the corner a peen-ball hammer was used to beat the steel, changing the surface texture and the thickness of the steel.
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Hard & Soft Spring 2014 Steel Various peen-ball hammers were used to beat the steel, changing the surface texture and the thickness of the steel. The corners were hit hard over a anvil, thinning the steel to alter its strength, flexibility, thickness and propeties. However, the central area was manupilated with a larger peen-ball hammer on a soft surface rather than the anvil. The result varied creating a bowl and brain like texture, where as the corners are squished due to the anvil’s hard surface.
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Hard & Soft Spring 2014 Steel The reverse side of Hard & Soft shows the bowl like form created as a result from the peen-ball hammer on a soft surface.
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Sheet Steel Works
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Converge Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� Slits in the steel are created with an air chisel. The tool peels back the steel keeping the lost material that is peeled away.
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Converge Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� A close up focusing on the convergent point of the slits created with an air chisel.
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Different Paths Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� Similar to Converge, this piece has slits of various dimensions and angles shooting upwards. Each slit was produced using an air chisel by peeling the steel and creating a void resulting in a curving form from the remnants from the void created.
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Different Paths (Close Up) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� Similar to Converge, this piece has slits of various dimensions and angles shooting upwards. Each slit was produced using an air chisel by peeling the steel and creating a void resulting in a curving form from the remnants from the void created.
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Different Paths (Close Up) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� Similar to Converge, this piece has slits of various dimensions and angles shooting upwards. Each slit was produced using an air chisel by peeling the steel and creating a void resulting in a curving form from the remnants from the void created.
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Different Paths (Close Up) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� Similar to Converge, this piece has slits of various dimensions and angles shooting upwards. Each slit was produced using an air chisel by peeling the steel and creating a void resulting in a curving form from the remnants from the void created.
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Holes II Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 18” Similar to Holes, Holes II is created using the same methods, but with larger chisels, punches and hammers. The holes vary in diameter from about an 11/2” to only an 1/8”.
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Holes II (Close Up) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 18” Similar to Holes, Holes II is created using the same methods, but with larger chisels, punches and hammers. The holes vary in diameter from about an 11/2” to only an 1/8”.
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Holes II (Close Up) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 18” Similar to Holes, Holes II is created using the same methods, but with larger chisels, punches and hammers. The holes vary in diameter from about an 11/2” to only an 1/8”.
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Rusted Sheet I Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� This chemically rusted steel sheet is the intital trial of a series of rusted sheets that were cut and transformed. As with the other rusted sheets, the sheet of steel was rusted first then the steel was cut and transformed to create a composition.
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Rythem Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� This chemically rusted steel sheet is a composition of staggering short stips carved into the steel in two directions. The patterns create a rythem of a pattern of small slits.
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Rythem (Close Up) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� This chemically rusted steel sheet is a composition of staggering short stips carved into the steel in two directions. The patterns create a rythem of a pattern of small slits.
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Eight Lines Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� This chemically rusted steel sheet is a compostion with eight horizontal lines carved using an air chisel. The reminants from the voids are on the left and curl naturally as the tool cuts the steel sheet.
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Eight Lines (Close Up 1) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� This chemically rusted steel sheet is a compostion with eight horizontal lines carved using an air chisel. The reminants from the voids are on the left and curl naturally as the tool cuts the steel sheet.
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Eight Lines (Close Up 2) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� This chemically rusted steel sheet is a compostion with eight horizontal lines carved using an air chisel. The reminants from the voids are on the left and curl naturally as the tool cuts the steel sheet.
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Eight Lines (Close Up 3) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12� X 18� This chemically rusted steel sheet is a compostion with eight horizontal lines carved using an air chisel. The reminants from the voids are on the left and curl naturally as the tool cuts the steel sheet.
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One Line Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 18” This chemically rusted steel sheet was the last of Rusted Sheet series.
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Folded Steel
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Folds (View 1) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 12” X 12” Heated steel sheets are bended and folded to create a form allowing for many moments of light and shadows. The steel was heated with a torch until red-hot and then folded with pliers.
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Folds (View 2) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 12” X 12” Heated steel sheets are bended and folded to create a form allowing for many moments of light and shadows. The steel was heated with a torch until red-hot and then folded with pliers.
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Folds (View 3) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 12” X 12” Heated steel sheets are bended and folded to create a form allowing for many moments of light and shadows. The steel was heated with a torch until red-hot and then folded with pliers.
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Folds (View 4) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 12” X 12” Heated steel sheets are bended and folded to create a form allowing for many moments of light and shadows. The steel was heated with a torch until red-hot and then folded with pliers.
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Folds, Voids and Textures (View 1) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 12” X 12” Simialr to Folds, this was created the same way except, prior to heating and bending, textures and slits were applied to the steel using an air chisel. Heated steel sheets are bended and folded to create a form allowing for many moments of light and shadows. The steel was heated with a torch until red-hot and then folded with pliers.
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Folds, Voids and Textures (View 2) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 12” X 12” Simialr to Folds, this was created the same way except, prior to heating and bending, textures and slits were applied to the steel using an air chisel. Heated steel sheets are bended and folded to create a form allowing for many moments of light and shadows. The steel was heated with a torch until red-hot and then folded with pliers.
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Folds, Voids and Textures (View 3) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 12” X 12” Simialr to Folds, this was created the same way except, prior to heating and bending, textures and slits were applied to the steel using an air chisel. Heated steel sheets are bended and folded to create a form allowing for many moments of light and shadows. The steel was heated with a torch until red-hot and then folded with pliers.
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Folds, Voids and Textures (View 4) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 12” X 12” Simialr to Folds, this was created the same way except, prior to heating and bending, textures and slits were applied to the steel using an air chisel. Heated steel sheets are bended and folded to create a form allowing for many moments of light and shadows. The steel was heated with a torch until red-hot and then folded with pliers.
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Folds, Voids and Textures (Close-Up) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 12” X 12” Simialr to Folds, this was created the same way except, prior to heating and bending, textures and slits were applied to the steel using an air chisel. Heated steel sheets are bended and folded to create a form allowing for many moments of light and shadows. The steel was heated with a torch until red-hot and then folded with pliers.
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Folds, Voids and Textures (Close-Up) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 12” X 12” Simialr to Folds, this was created the same way except, prior to heating and bending, textures and slits were applied to the steel using an air chisel. Heated steel sheets are bended and folded to create a form allowing for many moments of light and shadows. The steel was heated with a torch until red-hot and then folded with pliers.
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Folds, Voids and Textures (Close-Up) Spring 2014 Steel 16ga, 12” X 12” X 12” Simialr to Folds, this was created the same way except, prior to heating and bending, textures and slits were applied to the steel using an air chisel. Heated steel sheets are bended and folded to create a form allowing for many moments of light and shadows. The steel was heated with a torch until red-hot and then folded with pliers.
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Fragments
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Fragments (Study I) Spring 2014 Steel 3/16” Steel, approximately 1”X1” This is the inital trial for a larger sculpture to be produced, strips of 3/16” thick steel are cut and welded to create a composition of space, color, and light.
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Fragments (Study II) Spring 2014 Steel 3/16” Steel, approximately 1”X1” This is the inital trial for a larger sculpture to be produced, strips of 3/16” thick steel are cut and welded to create a composition of space, color, and light.
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Fragments (Study III) Spring 2014 Steel 3/16” Steel, approximately 1”X1” This is the inital trial for a larger sculpture to be produced, strips of 3/16” thick steel are cut and welded to create a composition of space, color, and light.
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Fragments (Process) Spring 2014 Steel Raw 3/16” Steel strips with varying widths of 4”-3” all at 12’ lengths.
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Fragments (Process) Spring 2014 Steel Cutting the strips of raw steel at random lengths, varying from 2�12� using a cut-off saw.
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Fragments (Process) Spring 2014 Steel Using the Propane-Oxygen torch to cut angles on each piece to be welded to the final sculpture.
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Fragments (Process) Spring 2014 Steel Welding the plates the final sculpture.
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Fragments (Process) Spring 2014 Steel Using the Propane-Oxygen torch to cut angles on each piece to be welded to the final sculpture.
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Fragments (Process) Spring 2014 Steel Welding the plates the final sculpture.
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Fragments (Process) Spring 2014 Steel Weld connecting two plates together.
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Fragments (Process) Spring 2014 Steel Grinding the steel “burs� from the raw pieces after cutting and torchig the pieces, swmoothing the edges.
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Fragments (Process) Spring 2014 Steel Welding the plates the final sculpture.
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Fragments Spring 2014 Steel
Final installation site in the School of Engineering and Construction Management entry courtyard.
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Fragments Spring 2014 Steel
Final installation site in the School of Engineering and Construction Management entry courtyard.
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Fragments Spring 2014 Steel
Final installation site in the School of Engineering and Construction Management entry courtyard.
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Fragments Spring 2014 Steel
Final installation site in the School of Engineering and Construction Management entry courtyard.
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