Description of work: This year I am creating a life size VIKING WARRIOR using various metal working techniques , forging , welding , etc I will post more images as I make progress. Last fall our local high school contacted me about doing a sculpture for their courtyard so it came about that after this years ArtPrize my entry will be donated to Lakewood High School, home of the Vikings. I will be using some reclaimed materials saved from the old high schools, these schools Clarksville,LakeOdessa,Sunfield and Woodland were consolidated to form the Lakewood school district. I am looking forward to the work and ArtPrize . As the work develops and the metal tells me what it needs to take on a personality , the meaning of the work also develops, I feel that every one is called upon to be a warrior at least once in their life , example to fight cancer as a doctor or as a patient , I would like this work to be thought of at least in part as a salute to the warriors in all of us. Anthony Jackson |