Sculptor Cal Lane speaking about her 'industrial doilies' April 7 at UA

Sculptor Cal Lane, who uses a blow torch to cut intricate, lacy designs into such mundane objects as shovels, cars and old oil drums, will give a free public lecture on April 7 in the Myers School of Art at The University of Akron.

Free and open to the public, the lecture begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Folk Hall Auditorium, 150 E. Exchange St., on the UA campus.

The lecture is part of a two-day residency by Lane in the UA Myers School of Art.

With her "industrial doilies," Lane feminizes traditionally masculine materials such as industrial steel. She strips them of their intended function and applies her own wit, whimsy and masterful control over machines.

A 2007 feature article about Lane in The New York Times noted that her work "is about the contrasts between the industrial and the fanciful, the opaque and the transparent."

For more information about the lecture and the artist, visit the UA Myers School of Art or call 330-972-6030.

Media contact: Cyndee Snider, 330-972-5196 or cyndee@.uakron.edu.