Cal Lane's Knockout Steel Sculptures

Shovels, 2005 by Cal Lane at Foley Gallery

Wheel Barrel, 2005 by Cal Lane at Foley Gallery

Artist Cal Lane created these awesome knockout steel sculptures out of a set of regular shovels and wheelbarrow:

Knockout steel sculptures with a lacy touch. Lane, a certified welder and graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, wields an industrial blowtorch as if it were a crochet hook, burning dainty, intricate designs into heavy metal. The artist’s signature Steel Doilies and monumental, "crocheted" I-beams elegantly perforate traditional masculine realms of art and architecture with feminine craft.

Links: Cal’s artwork at Foley Gallery | Her website – via why not?