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Thanks for all the comments horseshoe, I got the idea for the dragon from the part which is the head,it came off an old plow I pulled out of a field. I'll have to check my notes but I think I was well over 400 hrs to build it.
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Thanks for the great feedback! @horseshoe 182- the thighs began with an old oxygen cylinder cut in half, then formed 11ga plate to add muscles. The knees and calves are sculpted from flat bar and and plate- in the same way I created the body. I added 2 progress shots and 1 detail shot (that's all I have). The color is just gun blue and lacquer. -
The feet were sculpted by fullering down pipe segments, welding them to various sized solid balls then forging the toenails out of 1/2"x 1.5" flat bar- and tons of grinding! -
Later in the construction, the body is filling out- then hours of grinding! -
Beginning phase of building the dragon sculpture. It started with the head piece which came off an old plow. After I got a mental image of what the body would look like I framed it out with 1/2" square bar and then formed 11ga infill panels. -
Thanks! Actually they are mounted on the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore -
Underside of head. Mostly made from 11ga and 16ga sheet stock. I made the rivets out of bronze rod on the lathe -
Close up of head showing hand blown glass eye that lights up -
Commision for an armor plated swordfish sculpture -
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This sculpture is approx 7' tall at the wing tips. Mostly 1/4", 1/8" plate, solid bar and pipe with some found objects. -
Detail of the wing. I first shaped the bronze plate, then built up feathers with welds and carved details in with die grinders and various burs.
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Pair of bronze wings fabricated from 1/8" bronze plate, not castings.