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The 2010’s have been busy. A Public Commission in progress for Austin Art in Public Places. It should be installed in a year or so. Here is a little about it.

“Belting it Out” Lady Bird Lake Boardwalk Trail Proposal, Austin, Texas

            Musicians and songwriters, their music and song have been a huge part of Texas culture and history.  Austin has a particularly strong reputation as a music community with long and strong musical traditions.  This music can tell a story, teach history, and paint pictures of Texas in our imaginations.  Kinesthetically these songs, word poems, and the music all trigger images, sounds, and memories in both our personal and collective imaginations.

I propose to capture some of that history in the form of traditional western belts in cast in bronze.  The style of belt that I will reference typically displays the owner’s name across the back in text.  I will display the lyrics on the belts to be both read either in English or Spanish depending on the song.  In order to fit some of these lyrics on the belts, I will need to use the lyrics in fragments or short pieces.  So I will be creating a series of a musical “haikus”.  Anyone with knowledge to this musical history will, through reading the text on the belts, conjure up the rest of the lyrics, melody, and music, and will be effectively recreating the songs in their imagination.

There will be 40 belts. All of the belts will be lifesized or about 48” long.  They will be made to have a low profile and be relatively smooth, avoid dramatic bumps, and maintain user comfort and along the railing.  The bronze will develop a polished look, age nicely and become handsome with use over time.  The nature of the material will allow these objects to remain relatively intact for at least 100 years and be easy to maintain.  The belts will create a very small visual profile on the Boardwalk Trail.  But due to their placement to the hands of the user they will be very interactive and have a strong impact generating a Texas melody in the visitors’ imaginations.

Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: The Office
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: The Office
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: The wax table and storage for wax shoes and their plaster and rubber molds. Also a mold library for the bronze editions.
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: The wax table and storage for wax shoes and their plaster and rubber molds. Also a mold library for the bronze editions.
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Wax pot
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Wax pot
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Bronze Edition Waxes ready to sprue and invest.
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Bronze Edition Waxes ready to sprue and invest.
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: The wax working and spruing work station, with the wax library in the background.
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: The wax working and spruing work station, with the wax library in the background.
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Wax Shoe Library
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Wax Shoe Library
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Rubber molds of gloves
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Rubber molds of gloves
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Wax belt samples for the Austin Commission, waiting on final design approval.
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Wax belt samples for the Austin Commission, waiting on final design approval.
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: $1 Drawings for the
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: $1 Drawings for the "Marked Bill/ Dollar Dance Performances
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour December 2012: The
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour December 2012: The "shoe animal" work station
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Some of the shoe palette
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Some of the shoe palette
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Work bench for shoe sculptures
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Work bench for shoe sculptures
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Drawings for neon pieces
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Drawings for neon pieces
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: General View
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: General View
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: The mold making table and sink with the rubber molds for the Austin belts.
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: The mold making table and sink with the rubber molds for the Austin belts.
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Belts, cords, and shoes
Rrose Amarillo Studio tour, December 2012: Belts, cords, and shoes