1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:09,799 my name is Jeff Bell and I'm one of the 2 00:00:06,529 --> 00:00:13,190 artists in area 919 I live in Smithfield 3 00:00:09,799 --> 00:00:15,559 North Carolina it is a sculpture i made 4 00:00:13,190 --> 00:00:17,930 from a piano i took apart a couple years 5 00:00:15,559 --> 00:00:19,580 ago i just took it apart in order to 6 00:00:17,930 --> 00:00:22,759 just break it down to all its different 7 00:00:19,580 --> 00:00:25,160 pieces and then i start to sort of look 8 00:00:22,759 --> 00:00:28,040 at the pieces and manipulate them and 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:32,270 and find a direction that the work will 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:34,840 go i started by cutting down the metal 11 00:00:32,270 --> 00:00:37,910 plate in the back of the piano it 12 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:40,610 reminded me of the shape of the Nautilus 13 00:00:37,910 --> 00:00:45,290 from the old Disney movie so I cut it 14 00:00:40,610 --> 00:00:47,720 down to sort of mimic that backbone of 15 00:00:45,290 --> 00:00:50,780 that machine and then I started to just 16 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:54,320 cut the wood and manipulate it to gear 17 00:00:50,780 --> 00:00:59,060 it towards that shape I built a steam 18 00:00:54,320 --> 00:01:01,510 bending box and and several forms to 19 00:00:59,060 --> 00:01:04,330 handle the curves and 20 00:01:01,510 --> 00:01:07,180 Bentham and then attach them when I was 21 00:01:04,330 --> 00:01:09,310 a little kid my dad drugged me around to 22 00:01:07,180 --> 00:01:13,060 different junkyards he restored old 23 00:01:09,310 --> 00:01:15,130 British cars and so a lot of sort of 24 00:01:13,060 --> 00:01:17,649 taking things apart and looking at 25 00:01:15,130 --> 00:01:20,979 things and individual pieces I think 26 00:01:17,649 --> 00:01:22,570 came from that time period for me you 27 00:01:20,979 --> 00:01:24,759 know we were he was looking for 28 00:01:22,570 --> 00:01:27,909 something specific a specific part and 29 00:01:24,759 --> 00:01:30,190 so as a kid I didn't recognize what the 30 00:01:27,909 --> 00:01:33,610 function of that thing was it was just 31 00:01:30,190 --> 00:01:36,270 responding to whatever that shape and 32 00:01:33,610 --> 00:01:36,270 material was