macbruce Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Tree has 120+- forged leaves,trunk was made from 3" square, base 1/2 plate in layers,plumb brown and sculpt nouveau finishes. 130 hrs, 125lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Very nice piece. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 Very nice piece. I like it. Thanks for the complement, guess I should have also said It's about 28"w x 24" h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2519 Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Very good work. Love the paint job. Did you make this for yourself or client? Any photos of project stages, dies used etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsberg Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Holy crap! What impresses me the most are the dead branch knobs that are jutting out of the trunk, well done indeed! Caleb Ramsby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry H Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 thats a thing of beauty, and pretty decent size , a lot of work , takes persistence thats for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispy Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 You must have a lot of time to spare. How many hours to make this masterpiece? I reckon you'd find it difficult to let it go (at any price). Everything looks forge welded. Care to share your texturing technique? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWHII Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fosterob Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I agree with everyone else, that is beautiful and can you please show some work in progress of tooling pics. Truly inspirational. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 You must have a lot of time to spare. How many hours to make this masterpiece? I reckon you'd find it difficult to let it go (at any price). Everything looks forge welded. Care to share your texturing technique? Masterpiece...Thats the highest complement I've ever gotten! Thank you. Times dictate that it must be sold. Forge welding? Not possible, at least not by me.Lots of forging,bending, welding, grinding, and chasing,150+ hrs or so. Texturing Was achieved with special dies under a 250# hammer, and die grinders. Some good things happen when there's too much time on your hands!........thx mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 You must have a lot of time to spare. How many hours to make this masterpiece? I reckon you'd find it difficult to let it go (at any price). Everything looks forge welded. Care to share your texturing technique? Masterpiece...Thats the highest complement I've ever gotten! Thank you. Times dictate that it must be sold. Forge welding? Not possible, at least not by me.Lots of forging,bending, welding, grinding, and chasing,150+ hrs or so. Texturing Was achieved with special dies under a 250# hammer, and die grinders. Some good things happen when there's too much time on your hands!........thx mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 I agree with everyone else, that is beautiful and can you please show some work in progress of tooling pics. Truly inspirational. Rob Thanks Rob, here are some pix........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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