Daswulf Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 A frog made of engine parts. this was inspired be Ausfire and made for Rthibeau who sent me a hammer that I love. Hope I didn't step on anybody's feet here. Yeah RT. surprise. Lol.hope you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) Brilliant, Daswulf! Just brilliant! And I'm pleased that my frog inspired your creation! The tappets (??) worked really well for the eyes and I like the way you have used chain to define the outline. The big end bearing makes a good nose. Those curly spanners look great for the waist. (There'll be someone who'll take you to task for using nice vintage wrenches there!) I like the skinny bolt legs too. You have concealed the welds very nicely. Welcome to the junk art fraternity, mate! Edited November 18, 2015 by ausfire spelling error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 5 hours ago, ausfire said: Brilliant, Daswulf! Just brilliant! And I'm pleased that my frog inspired your creation! The tappets (??) worked really well for the eyes and I like the way you have used chain to define the outline. The big end bearing makes a good nose. Those curly spanners look great for the waist. (There'll be someone who'll take you to task for using nice vintage wrenches there!) I like the skinny bolt legs too. You have concealed the welds very nicely. Welcome to the junk art fraternity, mate! Thanks Ausfire. Yes the eye parts are rocker arms/tappets. When I found those it immediately struck me as the right parts. I had to weld a couple parts from the top but the majority is welded from the back side. Always hard trying to hide welds. The old wrenches weren't nice to begin with, only in shape. I almost used a nice one but upon wire wheeling it I found out it was made here close to me in Pennsylvania and decided to keep it. Thanks so much for comments and inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Love your creativity and vision! Great piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 Thank you Charlotte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickOHH Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Awesome frog das, nice work, you can just mail that to... Seriously though good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 Lol Thanks Nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old South Creations Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phabib Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick L. Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Very creative ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 4 hours ago, Dick L. said: Very creative ! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcyOHH Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 That's awesome Das! We all have our niches in the blacksmithing world and from what I have been seeing from you I think you found yours. Keep up the amazing work! Also I am jealous, RT didn't send me a hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 9 minutes ago, MarcyOHH said: That's awesome Das! We all have our niches in the blacksmithing world and from what I have been seeing from you I think you found yours. Keep up the amazing work! Also I am jealous, RT didn't send me a hammer Thank you Marcy. I've dabbled in scrap art here and there. Always loved art and making it but usually my ideas are bigger then my scrap pile. Maybe I was at the right place at the right time, I had sent him out some hammers to reface and re-handle before and they are holding up great and are my go-to hammers. I like a lot of different aspects in metal work and black smithing, for me it's all an extension of art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 6 hours ago, MarcyOHH said: That's awesome Das! We all have our niches in the blacksmithing world and from what I have been seeing from you I think you found yours. Keep up the amazing work! Also I am jealous, RT didn't send me a hammer did nickohh get a hammer ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcyOHH Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 3 minutes ago, rthibeau said: did nickohh get a hammer ??? No but you like me more than NickOHH anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickOHH Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 15 minutes ago, rthibeau said: did nickohh get a hammer ??? I didn't get a hammer :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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