scrapartoz

Thank you SFDuck. Sorry bout the late reply I just missed your comment. Yes I try for the cmiv book exaggeration . It seems to work in this medium . So it doesn't matter if body parts are not exactly the right size , they just have to be in the correct location in relation to each other. cheers matey!

love the feet!!

Tricks of the trade #1.   have you ever wondered how you can position the eyeballs in exactly the right place in relation to nose and front /rear setting? so you don't have to cut and re weld many times? Here is the trick (FIRST BUILD A NOSE AND BROW) .1. put each eye on a wire stem (the longer the better) and clamp the stem onto a rail at the rear using vice grips .2  once u are happy with front /rear position then spot weld to rail at rear. 3  Now working from the front you can adjust each eye on its wire stem to achieve that perfect position . once u are happy ,then  improve the weld then build  the  upper and lower eyelids  .build them then play around with the position, you will be amazed at how small adjustments can change the " attitude " of the subject.

Thank you Frank . I am understanding it now!

Thank you Yves and Old south  for such a vote of approval , I am so happy that you get some enjoyment from my art .that is why I do it !

Frank Turley ... I don't have any formal art training so I would love to know what makes the figure have  "impressionism" charactersitics .   I associate that term with those beautiful  French  multi coloured dot and stroke paintings  I was fortunate enough to see at our national museum whilst they were on a short  loan /tour. I am happy that you think the small  suitcase is a good copy of the real thing . I am sure the children will attempt to open it!!!

here is the small suitcase that goes with the migrant. it weighs about 80 lb . and is made from heavy walled steel  concrete curb and gutter formwork . the handle is an old wool bale hook (points removed) buckles are harvester chain. lock/latches are trimmed hinge plus hand made lock mechanism . if someone steals this they wont want to carry it far!

Thank you SF Duck .  I think you will have to go to scrap yards in rural areas to get the "good stuff"  modern shiny car parts don't appeal to me at all.

Thank you everyone for the encouraging words.

Ianinsa       well we all know that us artists are never paid what we would like. I have dreams of one day only doing 2 pieces a year ,unhurried.. , and making enough to live off.

sparky yes the shoes were interesting ,the toe caps are from a fire extinguisher bottle (check out the embossed stamped letters of weight etc) the leather uppers were made from "knock on scarafier  mountinh clips) so its all natural curvature. The eyelets I had to blow out with a stick welder on high amps as the steel is too hard for a drill to scratch.

Ausfire   the waistcoat is copper from an old "copper"(wood fired water heating vessel) it even has real copper buttons secured with copper thread(wire) . The white shirt is old lead sheet from roof flashings.   the color (colour) is natural oxidation. probably a lead sulphate or something . The hair is made from short lengths of  "rasp bars " off an old header harvester they are normally around 800 mm long, they ground against the wheat grains to thrash off the outer husk. I trimmed some of the tapered end to simulate some locks of hair near the neck and suit coat. 

THANK YOU : njanvilman, billyO  Ironmike and  Spanky Im happy u guys are not bored with this stuff. Frosty,   this work is going to a private collector in Sydney  into a beautiful secret garden in an industrial area.     tdaleh  the eyebrows were the tips of a pair of calipers  (like a set of compass points)  used to transfer measurements from one object to one being created by a blacksmith or artisan . I did a few runs over them with a thin cutting wheel of my 4"angle grinder to simulate hair in the eyebrow. Thanks for your interest in my work.

here is my latest project: cheers!

I am looking forward to seeing some progress photos . sounds like a great project!

A possum would be fantastic to mount on a tree. I am thinking that the brush tail will be difficult to find scrap to match. What do you intend to use?

very nice piece ! great detail and accuracy.

fantastic work  . Christmas presents for all the relatives

thank you Kozu  , yes it might last a bit longer than the resin one. cheers

Thank you MUdman , much appreciated!

knife handle?

Yes, I agree with Scrapart - what a lovely piece of art.
And Andrew, what are you up to now since the Throne is finished? I can't imagine you are sitting around doing nothing. What masterpiece are you working on?

I have to finish a horse I started in Feb but which i had to stop for 4 months while I made repairs to my termite eaten house. I did the throne as a  "quickie " to cheer myself up as I missed doing my sculpture so much. Next year I have some strange desire to build a baby elephant with cast iron tractor seats for ears .??????

Anyway this is LittleMilligans thread so I finish by thanking him for sharing such a beautiful artwork with us scurvy dogs!

Thank you for that information. it is a beautiful piece of art.

amazing work and  beautiful story . I am fascinated by the design of the canoe. Is this how they looked? how were the ends of the canoe sealed......... they look open like  beautiful rose petals and to my untrained eye...... not waterproof.

Epic

thank you Damion!

I have overcome this problem by firstly doing a high amp weld on each of the parts first at the point they will be welded together only then welding the two pieces together With a third weld

great work .I bet you will get a few orders for Christmas!

very nice work. well done and I wish you the best with your current battle.

The empty space is as good as the filled space. great style and originality well done