Work inspired by the animal kingdom Sculpture for home and garden

This is a smaller body of work as I tend to do this type of thing purely to comission. I use the whole range of techniques in my repertoire. This is an interesting area of work as I have to adapt my skills and materials to unfamiliar forms.

This first picture is of a garden sculpture made for Alan Terrel. He wanted a large sculpture of a Platypus with 'mechanical aspects' as a memorial to his son. My first thought on this one was 'How on earth am I supposed to do that'  But the results did the job. In the end he measured in at almost 10 feet long.

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Here is the newest sculpture in this style, I was asked to make a dog for a customer which was finished and sold before I could photograph it. I quickly made anther as i was so pleased with the first one. This is a study of a dog based on and old Collie I am friends with called Fizzy, I was trying to capture her alertness and the fat belly she has developed over the last few years. At present she is uncoated, my preferred finish would be to rust and wax her to avoid too shiny a look. For sale at £250.00. I can also make pieces in a similar style from clear drawings and photographs. I have also realised that I with a few small changes could easily make seats in this style, an idea that I will develop when I have time, if you are interested in this idea please contact me.

garden sculpture dog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is another recent garden sculpture ; 'AdderBolt'  measuring in at 1.4m wingspan by 90cm long. At present he is unmounted , possible mounts include perching on a log, vertically on a wall or my favourite option perched on a large stone. he is made using a variety of methods, the body is overwelded, the wings are decorated with small beads of Tig weld. A beautiful addition to any garden especially by a water feature. I particularly like the way his wings move gently in the breeze giving him the look of being about to take off,  Price starts from £450.00 according to how he is to be mounted. The name Adderbolt is from the old english word for Dragonfly

dragonfly sculpture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Next up is a Japanese Spider Crab. I have always been fascinated by creatures with exoskeletons so I felt bound to make one. he is available for sale at £125.00

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A recent comission was to make a Moose for a naturalist, as a help she sent me a small rubber model of one, which proved a great help. Sold 12/10/06

metal sculpture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have made several lizards using the overwelding technique. This one is for sale at £150.00, Note the tongue, made out of a Victorian fork,

lizard sculpture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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An interesting one this, a centipede made out of  the type heads from a dead typewriter and a length of motorcycle chain with a pair of pliers for a head, fully articulated, rumour has it that he clambers around at night leaving messages from 'Beyond' written all over the walls. Sold 7/12/06

centipede

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copper Flower pot. This started out life as a hot water tank, plasma cutting and a bit of inspiration transformed it into this eyecatching garden feature. Judging by the number of 'corflippingeck lookat that's' I had carrying it down the street it is sure to get noticed. Supplied with the plastic liner.  This piece is made to sit on the floor but I can supply it with a stand to your design, eg made of leaves and a stem, contact me for more details. copper flowerSOLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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