Welded Steel Sculpture
&
Architectural Oddities

Royce Carlson creates whimsical welded steel sculptures and architectural oddities using
found objects, recycled materials and new steel. He creates these things in Prescott, Arizona.

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  Sculptures

COSMOS

Cosmos is a wind powered kinetic sculpture. It is 20 feet tall and 12 feet in diameter at the base.

COSMOS

Close-up of the central hub.

COSMOS at Burning Man 2004

For Burning Man most of the windcatchers were covered with brightly colored spandex.

Caduceus

Wind powered kinetic sculpture

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Double Helix

Wind powered kinetic sculpture - approx 12 feet tall.

Available - $7000

Floralia

Wind sculpture. - approximately 8 feet tall

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Heavy Duty

wind sculpture - approximately 10 feet tall

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Rocks go for a Ride

wind sculpture with rocks as counterweights

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Tawhiri

wind sculpture

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Tawhiri closeup of base

The Toaster

This is a fire and wind sculpture. The three towers have fireboxes in the bottom. The heat rises and spins the blades on top.

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The Toaster at Burning Man in 2007

A Tribute to Roundness

18-inch diameter sphere made entirely of bearings. Elements on the surface spin independently.

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Cosmic Bottle Opener

Kinetic sculpture. When you spin the sphere, elements on the surface spin in the opposite direction due to gearing inside the sphere.

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Sphere within Sphere

Two nested spheres. The outer sphere spins.

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Pyramid

a pyramid of small steel parts. It's about 10" x 10"

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Water

Abstract standing figure. Part of a series of four - Air, Earth, Water, and Fire.

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Standing Figure

Kinetic standing figure.

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shovelhead

I've made dozens of these using shovels and found objects. No two are alike.

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The Dancinator

Life size figure made of steel junk

Available $3000

Dancinator

view from the back

Dancinator under construction

Welding the tongue in.

COSM dome

This 60-foot diameter geodesic dome set up permanently at the Gateway Ranch in Flagstaff..

COSM Dome

The dome set up at Burning Man 2006 to display Alex Grey's artwork

Amphibia

A 62-foot diameter tent/sculpture with a 32-foot tall tower in the center. It was built to house Amphibia - a theme camp at Burning Man in 2007

Inside Amphibia

Amphibia at night

The structure without the tent fabric.

 

Cosmic Steel
240 W. Walker St. Unit B
Prescott, AZ 86303
928-445-8665

 

Cosmic Steel is hosted by
Zenzibar Alternative Culture
www.zenzibar.com