i have been working with a local glass artist in the area to build a stand for his glass sculpture. Also took a trip up to my uncles house and he had a pile of coal that has been sitting there for 40 years. took a little work but it gave me a truckload. 

 

Interesting work with the iron and glass.  Could you give us a scale of how big the pieces are?

Looks nice. Your work has just begun with that coal. I though the coal I got for free was big at 3/4" to 1 1/2" for the most part. You got bricks! At worst you can lay up a nice wall if nothing else... LOL

The stand suits the glasswork very well. I like the finish on the metal. Wax?

Very nice job on the stand, very complimentary to the sculpture.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

Very nice work compliments the glass well!

That doesn't look like the coal I am used to.  Of course I have had one source of coal and none of it is that big.   Seems there are a lot of colors to it.   Do you have any idea on the quality of it?   I don't mean to criticize your free coal...    I am just curious.

 

Has your uncle been a bad boy?   He got lots of lumps of coal...  ;o)

Interesting work with the iron and glass.  Could you give us a scale of how big the pieces are?

  the glass is about 3 1/2 ft long. The stand is about 1ft long.
 

The stand suits the glasswork very well. I like the finish on the metal. Wax?

for the coating I used gun metal blueing with some oil.
 
 

That doesn't look like the coal I am used to.  Of course I have had one source of coal and none of it is that big.   Seems there are a lot of colors to it.   Do you have any idea on the quality of it?   I don't mean to criticize your free coal...    I am just curious.
 
Has your uncle been a bad boy?   He got lots of lumps of coal...  ;o)

the coal was mixed in with some mud from the rain. After washed off it goes right back to black. The home it was in used to have a boiler in it to supply the heat. I defiantly need to do some cleaning and break it up to be used.