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Will Turnbull, MFA 08, forges 'amber waves of grain'
The loading dock to the UW-Madison Art Department’s sculpture foundry hangs open on a particularly snowy, blustery January day. Inside, the furnace belches and the radio blares, stoking the intense atmosphere that surrounds the equally intense sculpture artist who made this his second home during grad school.
Amid piles of 2,300 quarter-inch steel rods stands 6-foot-1 William Turnbull, an imposing figure clad in a long leather apron, thick work gloves, safety goggles and a massive helmet to protect him from the orange-hot sparks spewing around the room.
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| 9/6 - 9/27 | Fred Stonehouse Featured in Germany |
| 9/6 - 10/3 | Steven Driscoll Hixson at the Attleboro Arts Museum |
| 9/5 - 9/27 | WARRINGTON COLESCOTT: Vision and Revision |
| 9/2 - 9/11 | Third Gear: Third Year Graduate Review Show |
| 9/5 - 10/3 | John Hitchcock at the Factory Fresh Gallery |
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| 8/22 | Will Turnbull, MFA 08, forges 'amber waves of grain' |
| 8/17 | Critiquing It in a virtual world |
| 8/14 | Prof. Lisa Gralnick tapped for Smithsonian archives |
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