Scott NC

It looks like a dragon from here. I can imagine quite a few possible things it could morph into though, as you say, it can lead itself into what it ends up as. You never know....

Thank you so much. I agree, being able to pick out specific objects and bits helps people to connect to the overall sculpture. I must admit, I am sometimes guilty of slipping in a "mystery object" or two just to keep them guessing..... . I think tales from the past works both ways. Looking back at some of my sculptures, I remember where a certain part came from. A job, a friend, a junk scrounging jaunt..... . It's all great fun!

Very nice! Your work always inspires me to improve my own. Such detail. I love them all but my favorite is the work horse with the snake a close second.

Tmate, I love those motorbikes. Nice set-up you have there, I can imagine a lot of possibilities.... One can never have too many skills or tools at their disposal!

I love it Rojo. Amazing, the results of two very talented people....

George, I have a chest cold right now and laughing makes me hurt......

I love that minion (airtank). The paint job looks like something Banksy or a boxcar artist practiced on. That boxy looking rescue squad is cool too. It almost looks like it could be converted into a one of a kind mobile smithy. I was hoping for some pics of wads of barb wire though....

Coneflowers?

I knew a human "loose cannon" once. Strangely enough people gravitated to him, maybe to see what would happen next.

It's nice to be warm when the cold wind blows. Looks like a Medici lion to me.

Donniev, that will be a handsome cabinet. Aric, I guess they are more known as oval gears. I had a small box of them once but traded them off and never seen another since. I'm betting a shop visit would be much fun!

Very nice, Das. Someday I'd like to visit your sales booth at a show but I would probably have to leave my credit card and checkbook at home, no self control with somethings.... . I always thought elliptical gears would be cool to work into sculptures but they are hard to find.

Search "Tanker Desk". They don't make anything like they used to.

I enjoyed looking at all the pictures, thanks Billy. I really liked reading about him creating the syllabary and teaching it to his daughter. A lot of history I might never have learned.

Thanky you both. I guess I have just never ran across one before. I'm always learning something.

What are these things? I was given a bucket of them.

There's a saying... "secure for sea". Can you imagine cannonballs rolling all over a pitching deck in high seas in the middle of a battle? No doubt a lit cannon would break loose just then. I remember on our ship, in my office, my desks legs were set into pipes welded to the floor to keep it from becoming a projectile. The mess hall was entertaining in heavey weather.

I will second that. I have to ask though, Voldemar, is that a mosaic on your table top? I used to do small chairs with mosaics on the seat and backs. Nothing that rises to your level of talent though. Have you considered starting a new topic displaying your work? It would allow more people to see it over time. This topic will eventually get buried. Very nice! [Mod Note: this has been split into its own topic.]

Shainarue, I think I would have let that aerator sit and run until it was out of gas and came back in a few days to move it. . I don't trust bees. Or Fire Ants. I like that idea, I can see putting a cannoneer sculpture on it holding up a rammer that in turn hold up the books.

Welcome from North Carolina. I used to live in Gresham and just over the river in Vancouver. Great place. I too love "The Moon".

I have some stout, built in bookcases of oak... but maybe not that stout.

Those are some pretty cute mousers and they have interesting names... I bet I can tell which one catches the most mouses....

I don't advocate alloy experimentation by hobbiests. I had close friend get badly damaged by doing so. And he was bright, intelligent and safety savy. I regret joking around a bit on this thread.

Oh, the problem is the books flop outward on the top. I have some small scale cannons my grandpa made on the bookshelf and always wanted to make some bookends out of mill balls or shot puts with that same plate, to look like cannon balls. Maybey make the bases the same size as the diameter of the "cannonballs".

Thanks Rojo. I made two identical ones for bookends but wasn't thinking too good as only the bases touched the books. Das, your rooster attack reminded me of the only time I was ever attacked by an animal. When I was just 5 or 6, I was playing around a fenceline and got into some kind of wasp nest. My parents heard the rukus and came out and rescued me. They said I didn't know where to run. My doctor once said that something like that can cause you to be super allergic, I believe it because 10 years ago I got zapped by a yellowjacket and it almost killed me, I think. I didn't know I was allergic at that time. I now carry a pen. "chicken hobo commune" lol...