Tag Archives: scrap steel
woodland trillium flowers
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.
Fiddleheads are popping up
These rebar fiddleheads look great either in a potted plant inside or out in the garden. 6″ to 14″ tall.
winter interest with cotoneaster berries
This has a prong base so it can be placed anywhere in the soil.
4′ H x 12″W
from parts cabinet to flowers
I really enjoy finding the right color scrap metal to use in my work. This was a perfect find to make the yellow petals for this sunflower. This paint will retain its color outdoors a lot longer since it’s a baked-on industrial finish.
sunflower face is 18″ W
custom flower project
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
Bench displayed at the Justice Center Gallery
The bench is made from salvaged shelving slats, pluming pipes and fittings.
40″ L/ 12″ W / 19″ H
stainless and segmented
This is the first piece in a series of organic steel objects.
It is made from 1/2″ industrial steel strapping.
It can rest in different poses as it’s rotated.
24″ L x 8″ W
stainless strap work in progress
This is a work in progress. I have been sketching and modeling this shape for years, but this is the first large scale creation.
2’6″ L/ 17″ H/ 14″ W
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