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SOHO SunWorks Art Contest

In the beginning of 2005 I wanted a Sun shaped piece of art for one of our gates. So we found a 30 inch round piece of aluminum plate that was about 1/16 of an inch thick. I drew my version of the Sun on the aluminum. It was then cut out by hand with a plasma cutter.
While looking at the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) website one day in June 2005, I noticed they were having an art contest. It was called the SunWorks Art contest. I entered the aluminum Sun and won 2nd place for July 2005. In June 2006, SOHO chose this Sun as 1 of 25 pieces of Sun art to display in an exhibit. It will travel around the world for a year and a half. I'm very honored they chose my artwork. Below is a picture of the Sun art and links to web sites that are involved in this project.

A Plasma Ray of Sunshine