Incarcerated Scholars Conference Art Gallery 2024

Proud Peacock

Joey Grizzell

J.F. Ingram State Technical College, student

Alabama

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Artist Statement

The peacock is made from an old 1950s Selma typewriter. I used an old pair of broken MIG pliers for the head. Typewriters were really well put together back in the 1950s because it took me two days to tear it down enough to get the keys out of it. But once I got them out they had to be fixed into position to stand up straight and welded into place. For the head and neck, I used the old pliers to make the head and a piece of scrap ½” square bar for the neck. I cut one of the arms off of the pliers then I heated and twisted the ½” material to make the neck and welded them together, then welded them to the body. The inspiration for the piece came from a picture sent to my instructor asking if I could make the piece.

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