INDIO METAL ARTS

artful objects for inside and out

cresting wave trellis

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This new piece is called the cresting wave trellis. It would be perfect at night holding a lantern for an outdoor garden party! Perhaps two of different heights? Covered in snap peas? I used pencil rod in a random quilt style pattern with a gradual shift from 3D at the bottom to flat at the top. Here by the deck, it creates a boarder without being too heavy.

woodland trillium flowers

Trillium

These drops from the steel yard make the perfect trillium petals. They are pivoted slightly like a pinwheel. The pistil can be anything from the butt of a screw driver, a bearing, or a counter sink bit, just depends. I abstract the leaves using either stainless as elongated ones or fence scrap as short ones. Heights vary 3 to 3 1/2 feet tall.

custom flower project

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I just finished this commission for a client’s landscaped garden. This will sit into the ground a bit to hold a slope back. There is a mesh tray a few inches down for a layer of decorative rocks. The metal flowers are recycled from a christmas tree water basin, and a parts cabinet.
They provided the pot, I provided the color. Thanks for a fun project.

sunflower is 7′ H, face 18″ W