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October 2014

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34 nshoremag.com October 2014 photograph by trevor denman sculpture Cool Coils There's fresh talent on the Nor th Shore ar ts scene— his name is Ryan Kelley and he works with wire. By Alexandra Pecci stone and copper wire don't typically exude grace, beauty, and warmth, but when they're in the hands of wire artist Ryan Kel- ley something nearly magical happens. A stone becomes a solid, sturdy base for trees whose delicate metal branches twist, turn, and come alive, as though they're caught in a breeze or about to burst into bloom. "I can take a spool of melted metal and through twisting, you turn something that's very harsh and very cold into something that looks alive," says Kelley. "I like to be able to step back and say, it started as a five-poun spool and now it's a two-foot tall tree." Art ne At the age of 21, Kelley's already craft- ing wire-and-stone pieces that bear the sophistication and elegance of a seasoned pro. But just a few years ago, the Byfield resident was getting his start in the art room at Triton Regional High School, where he spent his free study periods tinkering with extra supplies. He credits his high school art teacher, Robyn Verette, with entering one of his pieces into the competition for the 2010-2011 Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards. His piece, Regal Buck, for which he won a Silver Key, depicts an antlered buck made from twists Get Wired Ryan Kelley sculpts wire into imaginative artworks.

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