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ÇETINATEŞ (Turkish-American)
My sculptures have their own whimsical world like us. I open windows and make them visible, and show people their reflection upon their own lives. To shape my sculptures, I generally use arc welding technique because it is such a rich method for me. It presents different characteristics for construction and provides opportunities with its fluid and lumpy texture. Some coincidental formations that take place under my control are its characteristics that make the technique mysterious and surprising. Welding technique becomes a tool at the beginning of my works and transforms into being a goal during the development and the final stages of my works. The materials I often use in my products are ranging from different type of steel rods to sheet metal to screws, nuts and nails that represent today's contemporary art elements. I use metaphors like key, keyhole, stair, dance, boat, fishing, moon, and sun for my sculptures to be able to touch some of the themes like freedom; man’s challenge to try to eliminate the distances between her/his childhood, youth and adulthood; or looking for a new chance in life. Recently, I make a lot of dancer sculptures, because the aesthetic and figurative richness of human body movement is a good tool to express many things from human soul. Living and getting educated in Turkey and living in the United States for several years allowed me to experience different cultures. This also changed me, my perspective towards life, art, and the most importantly towards my interactions with people. I saw the uniqueness in people when they looked at my sculptures, when they expressed their feelings about them. I really enjoy now bringing these wonderful, unique characters together for a single window I open. My works are also a kind of reaction towards the definition of iron as being cold.With metal, control stays with you! In return, it requests only one thing: that you expose the warmth in its essence. That is what I try to achieve. I believe that metal will stay warm as long as it serves art! HONED METAL SCULPTURE PROCESS I use Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) or another way to say a "Stick Welding" technique to combine the steel pieces and make the textures on my sculptures. In this technique, stick welding is a process which melts and joins metals by heating them with an arc between a coated metal electrode and the workpiece. The electrode outer coating, called flux, assists in creating the arc and provides the shielding gas and slag covering to protect the weld from contamination. To produce my sculptures, I first research my concept and the figure for my aesthetic and anatomic expectations. Afterwards, I sketch to see the movements and balance of the composition or design. After I feel that it's ready to practice, I choose and prepare my materials and begin the creation process. For example, when I create a figure, I cut the steel rods and shape them with a hammer. I then combine them with my stick welder using an electrode. Sometimes to shape the parts of the bodies or sheet metal pieces, I use a plasma cutter. To make the surfaces clean and also make the textures more smooth and shiny, I use a grinder as a power tool. To complete my sculptures I sign my initials and year using an electrode (stick welding) and as a final step I brush the surfaces to clean and prepare it for protection from rust. As for inspiration, they are from human lives, experiences, expectations, freedom. I believe everybody can change their lives any time to reach new destinations for their happiness. I love to work on dancers because I like the human body as a form. We can see on dancers how it's aesthetic and anatomically perfect balance at the movement. I like to show the energy of their movements.
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- DAVID YARROW, GLADIATOR
- DAVID YARROW, FAMILY
- DAVID YARROW, GRUMPY MONKEY
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- DAVID YARROW, HELLO
- DAVID YARROW, HOKKAIDO
- DAVID YARROW, SWAN LAKE
- DAVID YARROW, LION KING
- DAVID YARROW, THE PUZZLE
- DAVID YARROW, NO NEARER
- DAVID YARROW, THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
- DAVID YARROW, THE CROSSING
- DAVID YARROW, THE KILLER
- DAVID YARROW, THE KING AND I
- DAVID YARROW, THE PRIZE
- DAVID YARROW, THE SIBERIANS
- DAVID YARROW, JAWS
- DAVID YARROW, THE SILVERBACK
- DAVID YARROW, WILD
- DAVID YARROW, WHITE RUSH
- DAVID YARROW, LORD OF THE RINGS
- DAVID YARROW, BEAR WALKS INTO A BAR
- DAVID YARROW, DETROIT
- DAVID YARROW, THE WOLF OF MAIN STREET
- DAVID YARROW, THE WOLF OF MAIN STREET III
- DAVID YARROW, A SHIP CALLED DIGNITY
- DAVID YARROW, 78 DEGREES NORTH
- DAVID YARROW, AFRICAN TAILS
- DAVID YARROW, MYSTIC RIVER
- DAVID YARROW, THE OLD TESTAMENT
- DAVID YARROW, CONTENTMENT
- DAVID YARROW, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE ASS
- DAVID YARROW, THE WILD WEST
- DAVID YARROW, OVER THE SEA TO SKYE
- DAVID YARROW, THE FULL NINE YARDS
- DAVID YARROW, PRIMEVAL
- DAVID YARROW, THE FISHER KING
- DAVID YARROW, LUGARD
- DAVID YARROW, WILD
- DAVID YARROW, THE LONG MARCH
- DAVID YARROW, MEMBERS ONLY
- DAVID YARROW, BAGHEERA
- DAVID YARROW, MANKIND II
- DAVID YARROW, EXODUS
- DAVID YARROW, GROUND ALERT
- DAVID YARROW, MOTHER'S DAY
- DAVID YARROW, SILENT WITNESS
- DAVID YARROW, THE FAIRYTALE
- DAVID YARROW, TSAVO EAST
- DAVID YARROW, THE LAST SUPPER
- DAVID YARROW, ROCK STAR
- DAVID YARROW, NKOSI SIKELEL LAFRIKA
- DAVID YARROW, DESERT FLIGHT
- DAVID YARROW, LETS CATCH THE LAST TRAIN HOME
- DAVID YARROW, THE USUAL SUSPECTS
- DAVID YARROW, KAKTOVIK
- DAVID YARROW, SHACKLETON
- DAVID YARROW, A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE
- DAVID YARROW, THE WALK OF LIFE
- DAVID YARROW, GO AHEAD PUNK, MAKE MY DAY
- DAVID YARROW, WONDERWALL
- DAVID YARROW, THE CUBS
- DAVID YARROW, ANTZ
- DAVID YARROW, ROYAL ASCOT
- DAVID YARROW, THE HUNGER GAMES
- DAVID YARROW, LUNCH
- DAVID YARROW, THE WATERBOYS
- DAVID YARROW, WHITE HORSES
- DAVID YARROW, SWEET HOME CHICAGO
- DAVID YARROW, ETHEREAL DUNE
- DAVID YARROW, THE AMERICAN IDOL II
- DAVID YARROW, COLOSSUS
- DAVID YARROW, The Garden of Eden
- DAVID YARROW, BLACK PANTHER
- DAVID YARROW, DEXTER
- DAVID YARROW, RISKY BUSINESS
- DAVID YARROW, THOR
- DAVID YARROW, DESIGNATED SURVIVOR
- DAVID YARROW, THE QUEEN OF RANTHAMBORE
- DAVID YARROW, SWEET HOME CHICAGO
- DAVID YARROW, THE RIVER MONSTER
- DAVID YARROW, CRAZY HORSE
- DAVID YARROW, LAST ORDERS
- DAVID YARROW, JERSEY LILLY
- DAVID YARROW, TED
- DAVID YARROW, PREDATOR
- DAVID YARROW, DIAMONDS IN THE SKY
- DAVID YARROW, THE BARBER OFF FAIRFAX
- DAVID YARROW, ROAD TRIP
- DAVID YARROW, THE COMPTON COWBOYS
- DAVID YARROW, THE BREAK UP
- DAVID YARROW, THE STATESMAN
- DAVID YARROW, THE NORTH SLOPE
- DAVID YARROW, PARALLEL LINES
- DAVID YARROW, BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
- DAVID YARROW, FAMILY TREE
- DAVID YARROW, THE HOUSE OF ORANGE (Color)
- DAVID YARROW, THE HOUSE OF ORANGE (B&W)
- DAVID YARROW, THE BREAKFAST CLUB
- DAVID YARROW, ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
- DAVID YARROW, WISE GUYS
- DAVID YARROW, NAPOLEON
- DAVID YARROW, OCEAN'S ELEVEN
- DAVID YARROW, 54 DEGREES SOUTH
- DAVID YARROW, DADDY'S HOME
- DAVID YARROW, YOU SAT ON MY HUSBAND
- DAVID YARROW, CONTENTMENT II
- DAVID YARROW, AMERICAN HUSTLE
- DAVID YARROW, CINDY'S SHOTGUN WEDDING
- DAVID YARROW, THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS
- DAVID YARROW, KINGDOM
- DAVID YARROW, FOREST GUMP
- DAVID YARROW, ICE AGE
- DAVID YARROW, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
- DAVID YARROW, WAKANDA
- DAVID YARROW, HARRY POTTER
- DAVID YARROW, KONG
- DAVID YARROW, THE LEADER OF THE PACK
- DAVID YARROW, JUDGE AND JURY
- DAVID YARROW, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
- DAVID YARROW, NARNIA
- DAVID YARROW, MISERABLE MONKEY
- DAVID YARROW, COYOTE UGLY
- DAVID YARROW, GLEN ETIVE
- DAVID YARROW, SCOTLAND
- DAVID YARROW, CHICAGO
- DAVID YARROW, GOODFELLAS
- DAVID YARROW, RAJASTHAN
- DAVID YARROW, BLACK BEAUTY
- DAVID YARROW, GANDALF
- DAVID YARROW, THE BLACK PANTHER RETURNS
- DAVID YARROW, NORTH OF THE WALL
- DAVID YARROW, NO LAUGHING MATTER
- DAVID YARROW, PAMELA
- DAVID YARROW, MARADONA
- DAVID YARROW, 10,000 BC
- DAVID YARROW, SERENGETI
- DAVID YARROW, THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
- DAVID YARROW, THE CAVE
- DAVID YARROW, THE DANCING GIRAFFE
- DAVID YARROW, SQUAD
- DAVID YARROW, BEFORE MAN
- DAVID YARROW, BLACK CAT
- DAVID YARROW, KEEPING UP WITH THE CROUCHES
- DAVID YARROW, WALK THE LINE
- DAVID YARROW, TIM
- DAVID YARROW, DEFENSE
- DAVID YARROW, SAVUTE
- DAVID YARROW, KING OF KINGS
- DAVID YARROW, THE WOLVES OF WALL STREET
- DAVID YARROW, CHATEAU MARMONT
- DAVID YARROW, HOT LEGS
- DAVID YARROW, THE KILLERS
- DAVID YARROW, OUT OF TOWNER
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- THE NEW ART EXAMINER: DAVID YARROW
- WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL: History of the Chess Queen
- DAVID YARROW - HELLO MAGAZINE PRE
- DAVID YARROW: "North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s popularity has never been higher"
- ROBERT FLEISCHMAN ABC7 INTERVIEW
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- SINATRA: MY KIND OF TOWN Private Dinner
- DAVID YARROW WILD ENCOUNTERS
- HISTORY OF THE CHESS QUEEN- 09/08/17
- LA FEMME: BEAUTY & FORM - 06/30/16
- Ana Castillo Book Signing - 06/10/16
- EXPLORING STONE (Dialogue Between Susan Aurinko & Jyl Bonaguro) - 06/02/16
- John Perkins Book Signing - 05/06/16
- BLAKE WARD "Inner Perceptions, Outer Reflections" 4/7/16
- An Evening with Eve Ozer - 03/11/16
- Ann Catherine - Fashion Event - 02/05/16
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- welcome
- ARTISTS DIRECTORY
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EXHIBITIONS
- Art & Science of Happiness
-
Yarrow, David
>
-
David Yarrow Photography
>
- DAVID YARROW, I AM PURE ALPHA
- DAVID YARROW, ENCROACHMENT
- DAVID YARROW, IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
- DAVID YARROW, HEAVEN CAN WAIT
- DAVID YARROW, THE UNTOUCHABLES
- DAVID YARROW, ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND
- DAVID YARROW, THE FACTORY
- DAVID YARROW, THE AMERICAN IDOL
- DAVID YARROW, THE BEAST
- DAVID YARROW, YELLOWSTONE
- DAVID YARROW, FACE OFF
- DAVID YARROW, HAIRSPRAY
- DAVID YARROW, FUNNEL CREEK
- DAVID YARROW, GLADIATOR
- DAVID YARROW, FAMILY
- DAVID YARROW, GRUMPY MONKEY
- DAVID YARROW, HARBIN
- DAVID YARROW, HELLO
- DAVID YARROW, HOKKAIDO
- DAVID YARROW, SWAN LAKE
- DAVID YARROW, LION KING
- DAVID YARROW, THE PUZZLE
- DAVID YARROW, NO NEARER
- DAVID YARROW, THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
- DAVID YARROW, THE CROSSING
- DAVID YARROW, THE KILLER
- DAVID YARROW, THE KING AND I
- DAVID YARROW, THE PRIZE
- DAVID YARROW, THE SIBERIANS
- DAVID YARROW, JAWS
- DAVID YARROW, THE SILVERBACK
- DAVID YARROW, WILD
- DAVID YARROW, WHITE RUSH
- DAVID YARROW, LORD OF THE RINGS
- DAVID YARROW, BEAR WALKS INTO A BAR
- DAVID YARROW, DETROIT
- DAVID YARROW, THE WOLF OF MAIN STREET
- DAVID YARROW, THE WOLF OF MAIN STREET III
- DAVID YARROW, A SHIP CALLED DIGNITY
- DAVID YARROW, 78 DEGREES NORTH
- DAVID YARROW, AFRICAN TAILS
- DAVID YARROW, MYSTIC RIVER
- DAVID YARROW, THE OLD TESTAMENT
- DAVID YARROW, CONTENTMENT
- DAVID YARROW, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE ASS
- DAVID YARROW, THE WILD WEST
- DAVID YARROW, OVER THE SEA TO SKYE
- DAVID YARROW, THE FULL NINE YARDS
- DAVID YARROW, PRIMEVAL
- DAVID YARROW, THE FISHER KING
- DAVID YARROW, LUGARD
- DAVID YARROW, WILD
- DAVID YARROW, THE LONG MARCH
- DAVID YARROW, MEMBERS ONLY
- DAVID YARROW, BAGHEERA
- DAVID YARROW, MANKIND II
- DAVID YARROW, EXODUS
- DAVID YARROW, GROUND ALERT
- DAVID YARROW, MOTHER'S DAY
- DAVID YARROW, SILENT WITNESS
- DAVID YARROW, THE FAIRYTALE
- DAVID YARROW, TSAVO EAST
- DAVID YARROW, THE LAST SUPPER
- DAVID YARROW, ROCK STAR
- DAVID YARROW, NKOSI SIKELEL LAFRIKA
- DAVID YARROW, DESERT FLIGHT
- DAVID YARROW, LETS CATCH THE LAST TRAIN HOME
- DAVID YARROW, THE USUAL SUSPECTS
- DAVID YARROW, KAKTOVIK
- DAVID YARROW, SHACKLETON
- DAVID YARROW, A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE
- DAVID YARROW, THE WALK OF LIFE
- DAVID YARROW, GO AHEAD PUNK, MAKE MY DAY
- DAVID YARROW, WONDERWALL
- DAVID YARROW, THE CUBS
- DAVID YARROW, ANTZ
- DAVID YARROW, ROYAL ASCOT
- DAVID YARROW, THE HUNGER GAMES
- DAVID YARROW, LUNCH
- DAVID YARROW, THE WATERBOYS
- DAVID YARROW, WHITE HORSES
- DAVID YARROW, SWEET HOME CHICAGO
- DAVID YARROW, ETHEREAL DUNE
- DAVID YARROW, THE AMERICAN IDOL II
- DAVID YARROW, COLOSSUS
- DAVID YARROW, The Garden of Eden
- DAVID YARROW, BLACK PANTHER
- DAVID YARROW, DEXTER
- DAVID YARROW, RISKY BUSINESS
- DAVID YARROW, THOR
- DAVID YARROW, DESIGNATED SURVIVOR
- DAVID YARROW, THE QUEEN OF RANTHAMBORE
- DAVID YARROW, SWEET HOME CHICAGO
- DAVID YARROW, THE RIVER MONSTER
- DAVID YARROW, CRAZY HORSE
- DAVID YARROW, LAST ORDERS
- DAVID YARROW, JERSEY LILLY
- DAVID YARROW, TED
- DAVID YARROW, PREDATOR
- DAVID YARROW, DIAMONDS IN THE SKY
- DAVID YARROW, THE BARBER OFF FAIRFAX
- DAVID YARROW, ROAD TRIP
- DAVID YARROW, THE COMPTON COWBOYS
- DAVID YARROW, THE BREAK UP
- DAVID YARROW, THE STATESMAN
- DAVID YARROW, THE NORTH SLOPE
- DAVID YARROW, PARALLEL LINES
- DAVID YARROW, BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
- DAVID YARROW, FAMILY TREE
- DAVID YARROW, THE HOUSE OF ORANGE (Color)
- DAVID YARROW, THE HOUSE OF ORANGE (B&W)
- DAVID YARROW, THE BREAKFAST CLUB
- DAVID YARROW, ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
- DAVID YARROW, WISE GUYS
- DAVID YARROW, NAPOLEON
- DAVID YARROW, OCEAN'S ELEVEN
- DAVID YARROW, 54 DEGREES SOUTH
- DAVID YARROW, DADDY'S HOME
- DAVID YARROW, YOU SAT ON MY HUSBAND
- DAVID YARROW, CONTENTMENT II
- DAVID YARROW, AMERICAN HUSTLE
- DAVID YARROW, CINDY'S SHOTGUN WEDDING
- DAVID YARROW, THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS
- DAVID YARROW, KINGDOM
- DAVID YARROW, FOREST GUMP
- DAVID YARROW, ICE AGE
- DAVID YARROW, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
- DAVID YARROW, WAKANDA
- DAVID YARROW, HARRY POTTER
- DAVID YARROW, KONG
- DAVID YARROW, THE LEADER OF THE PACK
- DAVID YARROW, JUDGE AND JURY
- DAVID YARROW, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
- DAVID YARROW, NARNIA
- DAVID YARROW, MISERABLE MONKEY
- DAVID YARROW, COYOTE UGLY
- DAVID YARROW, GLEN ETIVE
- DAVID YARROW, SCOTLAND
- DAVID YARROW, CHICAGO
- DAVID YARROW, GOODFELLAS
- DAVID YARROW, RAJASTHAN
- DAVID YARROW, BLACK BEAUTY
- DAVID YARROW, GANDALF
- DAVID YARROW, THE BLACK PANTHER RETURNS
- DAVID YARROW, NORTH OF THE WALL
- DAVID YARROW, NO LAUGHING MATTER
- DAVID YARROW, PAMELA
- DAVID YARROW, MARADONA
- DAVID YARROW, 10,000 BC
- DAVID YARROW, SERENGETI
- DAVID YARROW, THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
- DAVID YARROW, THE CAVE
- DAVID YARROW, THE DANCING GIRAFFE
- DAVID YARROW, SQUAD
- DAVID YARROW, BEFORE MAN
- DAVID YARROW, BLACK CAT
- DAVID YARROW, KEEPING UP WITH THE CROUCHES
- DAVID YARROW, WALK THE LINE
- DAVID YARROW, TIM
- DAVID YARROW, DEFENSE
- DAVID YARROW, SAVUTE
- DAVID YARROW, KING OF KINGS
- DAVID YARROW, THE WOLVES OF WALL STREET
- DAVID YARROW, CHATEAU MARMONT
- DAVID YARROW, HOT LEGS
- DAVID YARROW, THE KILLERS
- DAVID YARROW, OUT OF TOWNER
- DAVID YARROW, THE LAST CHANCE SALOON
- DAVID YARROW, SOMETHING'S BREWING
- DAVID YARROW, THE GOVERNOR
-
David Yarrow Photography
>
-
press
- JULIAN WASSER press
- BLAKE WARD & BOKY HACKEL-WARD press release
- Classic Chicago Magazine
- DAVID YARROW PRESS >
- THE NEW ART EXAMINER: DAVID YARROW
- WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL: History of the Chess Queen
- DAVID YARROW - HELLO MAGAZINE PRE
- DAVID YARROW: "North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s popularity has never been higher"
- ROBERT FLEISCHMAN ABC7 INTERVIEW
- ARICA HILTON - WOMANSCAPE
- LA FEMME - Michigan Avenue Magazine
- BLAKE WARD - Art Diversions
- VIDEOS
-
Photo Gallery
- SINATRA: MY KIND OF TOWN Private Dinner
- DAVID YARROW WILD ENCOUNTERS
- HISTORY OF THE CHESS QUEEN- 09/08/17
- LA FEMME: BEAUTY & FORM - 06/30/16
- Ana Castillo Book Signing - 06/10/16
- EXPLORING STONE (Dialogue Between Susan Aurinko & Jyl Bonaguro) - 06/02/16
- John Perkins Book Signing - 05/06/16
- BLAKE WARD "Inner Perceptions, Outer Reflections" 4/7/16
- An Evening with Eve Ozer - 03/11/16
- Ann Catherine - Fashion Event - 02/05/16
- blog