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'Festive Bird'

2/25/2013

 
A while ago I lit my oxy-fuel torch and started bending some rods.  Perhaps a flower form was taking shape.  Lunch time came around, and I put the piece away.  

Fast forward a few months, and I pulled the piece out of the bin.  I’m certain I wasn’t creating a bird form that long-ago day.  But when I looked at the piece from a different perspective, it sure looked like a bird form now.  

 I continued sculpting with that revelation. I added details here and there, including the ‘festive’ bow (or feather?) on the bird’s head.  There’s lots of movement in this piece.  ‘Festive Bird’ measures 11” x 11” x 5”.

'Heart Vessel'

2/14/2013

 
This ‘Heart Vessel’ was a Valentine’s gift for a beloved this year.  (Poor guy!  All the gifts he ever gets from me are metal.  Thankfully, he hasn’t complained yet.)  

So it was with Valentine’s this year.  This heart-shaped vessel started off life as 16-gauge steel sheet. It was beat into submission over the swage block and anvil, then lightly tinted with gilder’s paste.  I used my oxy-fuel torch to affix some legs and edging around the heart.  Overall, dimensions are 1.5” x 5” x 5”.  

Call me when you’re in a bind and need a giftie for your beloved.  I’ll whip something up!

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