Artists Statement

Twisted Sisters' collaboration began at birth, but it took us a few decades to realize it.  We have worked separately and together for many years in several different mediums.  Our current collaboration is the result of all those trials and errors - the blood, the sweat and the laughter - as we launched ourselves into whatever harebrained scheme  that caught our interest. 

Our building blocks include clothing and jewelry design, interior design, woodworking, marketing and learning from our mistakes.  We have been fearless in our pursuit of the happiness of creation, and we feel that all of our previous creative endeavors were part of the learning process we needed to prepare us for working with our current passion - metal sculpture.

We create sculptures using steel, copper and cast iron, adding glass and found treasures to make each piece unique, whimsical and exuberant.  We start with flat sheets of steel and copper and transform them into lighting, fountains, wall and free-standing sculpture.  We use an oxy-acetylene torch to braise copper, hammering it and detailing it with brass rods to enhance the beauty of the material-therefore earning us the title of the "braisin' queens."

Our steel sculptures consist of hot and cold rolled steel and stainless steel, using a mig welder to build and texture the finished product, therefore earning us the title of "WOW" - Women of Welding.  This is also what people usually say when they see our work.  Our plasma cutter allows us complete freedom to cut thick metal into the complicated shapes it takes to make our sculptures, from patterns that come from inside our heads and from our quest to make our dreams come true in 3D metal.

The joy of creation has many dimensions.  New discoveries are made each day making every task an adventure.  Nothing is predictable and the sky is the limit.  Our education has been the trial and error of blindly following our visions, listening to the goddess within us and being unafraid of failure.

We work together, effectively combining our talents of design and engineering with each of us sharing the countless elements that produce our art.  The hats change daily and we work with an ebb and flow that allows each of us to grow and respect each other's innate ability to raise the standards we've set for ourselves.  We are constantly surprised and that is one of the many joys of working together.  We are sisters.  We are twisted.

Linda Hobdy and Debbie Graham

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