By Elana Scherr, Hot Rod Magazine
Clint Neufeld told us he doesn’t consider himself a mechanic, saying his cast-ceramic engines and transmissions are artworks about memory and masculinity. We’ll save that conversation for the art magazines. What interested us about the Canadian sculptor’s work was the build process. Each sculpture starts out as a real engine, and in many cases Clint has to track down missing parts like the correct carbs or pulleys. He then cleans and disassembles the entire thing and casts each piece in clay, using a process called slip molding. Then, he glazes the individual parts with traditional tea-set glazes and patterns, hardens them in a kiln and reassembles the final engine for display. Sounds a lot like mechanic work to us! [More]
