Sentences with phrase «hammering railroad spikes»
In reading the piece, Carolyn Elefant on the Legal Blog Watch was reminded of John Henry, the steel - drivin» man who beat a steam - powered machine in hammering railroad spikes, but died in the process.
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The «Lynch Fragments» exemplify the extraordinary range of Edwards» sculptural practice, welding industrial found objects like hammers, chains and railroad spikes into new forms.
Wall - mounted and roughly a foot in size, these dynamic assemblages appropriate everyday objects for their aesthetic purposes, but the objects they incorporate — railroad spikes, chains, machetes, axe blades, scissors, bolts, gears, hammers — typically have violent and destructive as well as creative associations.
The most recent works display the remarkable range of expression Edwards achieves with his method of welding found objects into mask - like forms — including hammers, chains, and railroad spikes — and how, in the process, he renders violence, humor, and hope from these objects.
True a machine may be able to drive railroad spikes quicker, easier, and more efficient than a man with a hammer, but someone still has to flip on the switch at the right place and at the right time.