Creation of Bellfish
The fish is cast in bronze using a lost wax process. The fish starts out as a wax bowl approximately 3/8 inch thick and nine inches in diameter.
The bowl is cut into a tail and two side parts. The tail and side parts are welded together using a hot blade and the mouth opening is cut into the fish body formed by the two welded parts. A fin is added at this point
The body is then cut into three separate parts. Wax piping and a poring funnel of wax is attached to the three parts. The parts are then coated with a ceramic like material. The ceramic coated parts are placed into a furnace and the wax is milted off. Hence the lost wax reference. Now we have a three hollow ceramic shells and liquid bronze is poured into it. After it cools the cermatic material is chipped away, the piping and funnel are cut off and the parts are ground and pollished. The parts are then balanced, tuned and hung.
All of the wax bowl is used in constructing the fish. Thus you could take all of it's parts and reform a solid bowl. As wind hits the fish it appears to swim and as its parts strike together it sounds like a bell.
Biography
Ed Tilford was born March 3rd 1937 in Osawatomie, Kansas. He moved to Eagle Nest New Mexico at age 3 days. Ed was home taught until age 12 by his grandmother who was full blooded Native American. He was taught art as a way to tell stories and develop his life skills (purpose, ethics, morals, etc.)
He graduated from University of Missouri in 1962, where he focused on mathematics and physics. Ed worked as a rocket scientist from 1962 to 1972. He also had the opportunity to work under Jack Ausburg and Paolo Soleri from 1965 to 1970 and learned architectural kinetic sculpture. Ed then worked as a software engineer from 1972 to 1989. He formed Fissure Corporation, an international project management and leadership training company in 1989. Developed a simulation based training platform (much like a flight simulator) for adult learning. He sold the business in 2005. Ed moved to Sioux Falls in 2009 and does kinetic sculpture and hide story robes.
“My sculpture is both static and kinetic. My paintings are mostly in the style of Native American Story Robes. There is a strong influence of native America and mathematics/physics in the art I do. Like most artists I have been influenced by other artists, namely; George Rickey, Alexander Calder, Jack Ausburg, Paolo Soleri, Paul Grandlund and my grandmother who was my first art teacher”
Biography
Ed Tilford was born March 3rd 1937 in Osawatomie, Kansas. He moved to Eagle Nest New Mexico at age 3 days. Ed was home taught until age 12 by his grandmother who was full blooded Native American. He was taught art as a way to tell stories and develop his life skills (purpose, ethics, morals, etc.)
He graduated from University of Missouri in 1962, where he focused on mathematics and physics. Ed worked as a rocket scientist from 1962 to 1972. He also had the opportunity to work under Jack Ausburg and Paolo Soleri from 1965 to 1970 and learned architectural kinetic sculpture. Ed then worked as a software engineer from 1972 to 1989. He formed Fissure Corporation, an international project management and leadership training company in 1989. Developed a simulation based training platform (much like a flight simulator) for adult learning. He sold the business in 2005. Ed moved to Sioux Falls in 2009 and does kinetic sculpture and hide story robes.
“My sculpture is both static and kinetic. My paintings are mostly in the style of Native American Story Robes. There is a strong influence of native America and mathematics/physics in the art I do. Like most artists I have been influenced by other artists, namely; George Rickey, Alexander Calder, Jack Ausburg, Paolo Soleri, Paul Grandlund and my grandmother who was my first art teacher”
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