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He begins each of his sculptures with the face and the head. “I picture an idea in my mind and then I create it with my
hands so that people can enjoy it. The next one will come
“It gives them character and a personality,” he said. “Then to me. It always does,” he said.
I build from there.” Inspiration comes easily. “Sometimes
I’m inspired by a part that I find and then I figure out how to You can see more of Jason Morris’s work at River to Sea
make it into something else. At other times, I have an idea Gallery, in Wilmington, and at The Mermaid’s Purse, in
first and I hunt for the parts to make it. Surf City. For more information, contact The Harnett
County Arts Council, harnettarts.com, harnettartscoun-
He was watching spaghetti westerns on television when the [email protected] or Jason Morris Creations.
inspiration came to make a desperado with two six shoot-
ers, and a machine gun belt.
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Another project was a pirate, “with a burly look like Black

of drill bits, which give them a fluid shape and texture. His
arm is fitted with the proverbial hook. His peg leg is a shell your business with
casing. “I am still collecting parts for him,” he said. He isn’t
finished yet. “I ran into some welding problems because of Harnett Life
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“The biggest challenge is to make each piece flow together
properly; the size, the texture and the color. It has to have or email us at
the right proportions from the head to the feet,” he said.
One of Morris’s goals is to create larger projects that can be [email protected]
installed in parks, or on campuses, he said. Future ideas for
sculptures include a fly fisherman, a forester and a hunter.

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