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MY FIRST

I was weeks away from a meeting with HGTV to show my portfolio of work — turning salvaged materials into beautiful furniture.

As I prepared photos of my work, it was obvious that most of my creations were squares and rectangles. Proud of my work, yes, but predictable.

It’s here that I confess to being a troubled conformist. I followed the rules and colored between the lines, but creatively, I needed a new challenge to try something different.

Building a guitar sculpture would be my “toe in the water” of creating art, my equivalent to throwing a creative tantrum.

My challenge; build a guitar with exaggerated features, out of scale and left-handed. I was truly on a creative binge. But could I do it, draw it, form it, make it?

The curved shape became so comfortable to form, finish and hold. Everything was falling into place and I would soon have an oversized guitar sculpture that captured my creative imagination.

I later added amplifiers and speakers. The joy of creating sculpture and bringing them to “life” through music has been immense. Moreover, tapping into my “creative self” has been freeing.

New amped art designs are in the works (more than guitars!) and I can’t wait to show you what I’ve created.

Tim