Metal Sculptor Valentine Adams

Metal sculptor Valentine Adams talks about how he became an artist later in life due to PTSD. He shares how he started bending metal as a way to help with his PTSD after retiring from the military. In this interview, he explains his need to let go of the things he had to deal with after being at war and how that began his new career as a metal sculptor. His work is made by using old salvaged metal from junkyards, roadside dumps, scrap heaps, and other resources. Val explains how he repurposes metal into beautiful pieces of art.  

Val offers insight into how his work offers something new, shiny, and functional to the world and why that process brings him so much joy. He explains his process of combining braided and intertwined metal techniques to create texture in his work. He expresses how the isolation of his childhood growing up in rural Connecticut helped him to grow his imagination. That also plays into his success today as an artist.  

Val offers advice to other artists and shares what he believes is important to sustain a life as a creative in today's world. In this interview, his compassion and desire to give back come through in how he lives his life as an artist.  

Read more about Val and see his work on The Creative Push Blog

https://learnandcreate.com/metal-sculptor-valentine-adams/

Be sure to watch the live interview and watch him work on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqk8GSMkWc0

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