Hey everyone,

 

Here's the other part of the job I did for the Baltimore Ravens. There is a pub on the concourse and they wanted two sculptures of bird legs for the outside of the pub.

The sculptures are fabricated from 1/8" stainless steel that has been hot and cold formed depending on the complexity of the shape. I started with a drawing (which eventually changed) blown up to the finished size of approximately 5'6" tall. The first pictures show my technique, I cut out shapes in paper, transfer them to the stainless, cut out with plasma cutter, then hammer to shape. Then I draw out the texture on the shape with marker and then carve with an 1/8" diameter ball shaped burr. I tack the shapes as discreetly as possible on the front side, then flip and do the final welds on the back. The finish is stainless black from Sculpt Nouveau rubbed back with scotch brite for an aged look. Sealed with 2 coats of Clear Guard to prevent finger prints.

 

                       

Bravo! All the best of forge and fab...... B)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ravens 4-6............ :P

Greetings Kustom,

 

Over the top fantastic...  Your attention to detail shows...  I have done such work in the past and I know what it takes...  Commissions like that are only awarded to the very best.. KUDOS

 

Forge on and make beautiful things

Jim

Another fabulous job. I love the in process picts.

I hope you got paid well for that, after all if they can charge $8 for a beer you should get double your usual fee!  :lol:   Well done.

That is fantastic, your finish is of a  jewellry standard and a Very appealing style. Thank you for posting the "how to" sequence.

That is so well presented & executed. I love your technique. Thanks for sharing. 

Great job!!!!!!!!!

With that project you should be the one drawing fans instead of the ball team. Great work.



carry on

First class, real nice job.

Peter

Did you trade it for a lifetime of free refills?

I don't know what to say that is so outstanding I can't think of a suitable adjective.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

Impressive work. I love it

Awesome sculpture! Cool design and love the finish, flawless! 

Thanks for the positive response everyone. This was a lot of work with a quick deadline but it paid well. I try to never work with metal thinner than 1/8" so I can grind out hammer marks and still have a substantial amount of metal left.

 

I seem to get work from them when they win a Super Bowl, hope they don't find out we're a Steelers household! My wife is from Pittsburgh.... :D

awesome work!

Beautiful work.  The close up of the talon nail is awe-inspiring.  Superb attention to detail.

wow, super nice

That is *very* cool!

Thank You!

flat, xxxxxxx, awesome! Have you ever practiced falconry?

flat, freaking, awesome! Have you ever practiced falconry?

Thanks! No falconry- just looked at a little 2" image and started sculpting.