Proper Chopper Bobber
Completed March 2024
Proper Chopper Bobber 357 107″ S&S Motor 6-speed softail wide glide custom. 8,878 miles, one owner, garage kept. S&S 107″ engine and 6-speed transmission. Black denim with custom hot rod striping. The foundation of the Proper Chopper is a strong, relatively light weight rigid frame set at 34 degrees of rake in the neck with secret frame stretch dimensions. The front end is a wide glide style with 41mm tubes, chrome lower legs, spoke wheels also come standard, 16″ for the back and 21″ front, with the front wheel sporting a 90mm and the rear a 140mm tire. As an unconventional twist, Proper Chopper used chromed Brembo 4-piston-calipers-high-performance brakes for a bike that’s probably too fast for it’s own good. Has nice tight fitting rear fender with custom struts, Freedom performance 2 into 1 pipe, and much more. VIN # 1P9S2295X6C522242
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Juried Shows & Awards
Phillips Mill Members Show
March 16th-24th 2024
New Hope Arts Sculpture Show
Juror George R. Anthonisen
April 27th-June 7th
Bucks Fever Art & Sculpture Exhibition
Jurors Lauren Travis, Barbara Donnelly Bentivoglio, & Eric Hopkins
Awards Juror George R. Anthonisen
(Awarded First Place / Best in Show)
Women Artists Making Their Mark
Jurors Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray
Online gallery open July 23rd
Art of the State
Jurors Marc Jacobson, Jennifer-Navva Milliken, & Eric Sung
Awards Juror Jim Toia
(Awarded First Place / Sculpture)
Being an artist for most of my lifetime, I have enjoyed the journey to find my style and mediums of choice. Dabbling in the fine arts from painting, sculpture, and collage, I found myself producing more work within the graphic arts/web design field. I missed the hands on experience of creating tangible objects. I dreamt of being a well known children’s book or scientific illustrator. Most works felt forced and I struggled to stand out from other artists in my field. Then I met my husband and started to do large window displays at his stores trying to always create a dynamic and interesting experience to those who passed. The process was exciting and working with recycled materials seemed to give life to everything I was producing. I had worked with cardboard as a supporting design element many times and increasingly fell in love with how versatile it was. I started to make cardboard pieces for stage productions. The cardboard was super light and the pieces could be large and elaborate. I incorporated movement and light into my pieces but they were still quite commercial in their purpose. I wanted to use cardboard and make pieces that would be considered fine art.
This piece is the result of years of preparation and construction. I am fascinated by the lines and composition of these motorcycles. I took tedious steps to ensure that the motorcycle was accurate in size and appearance. During the process I found that the areas that I took artistic license on to be the most satisfying.
My hope is that this piece brings joy to anyone who sees it and hopefully a double take when they realize it is not a real motorcycle, but rather one made of cardboard. Each piece contains at least one other embellishment that is not cardboard, and in this case I added thumbtacks for the lights. This is my distinguishing mark. I continue to find my path and it is lined with cardboard.
Price: $19,500
Address
Perkiomenville, Pa
(267) 278-6597
