Scott NC Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Heres a dragon fly I made. I get a lot of ideas and inspiration from visitors to my garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 I like that you made it out of horse shoes. I think the eyes turned out well. Are they bolted on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Yes, Das, I like to use horse shoes on projects like these for the market and they are easy enough to straighten. I finally got an anvil yesterday, so think I'll be working on some bug wings tomorrow. Just to test it out 8-). Those eyes are roller bearings that I tacked on underneath. Thanks 58er. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 And horse shoes are good to use, as people recognise them as recycled. Have you got six legs on your dragonfly? I can only see four there. Not being critical - but you need six! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 No Ausfire, I'm afraid I left him with only four legs, but I agree six would look better. I will try adding a set. You make a good point about about using recycled things. People like to identify the different pieces and parts in a sculpture. Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Nice piece Scott, well done. Using easily recognizable materials like horse shoes and RR spikes is very popular with folk looking at our stuff. A person doesn't need any expertise to see the transition from the familiar to something new. Dragon flies are always popular. Marketable little bugs they are. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Well thanks Frosty. Most of my metal sculptures have been made with "structural" materials like pipe, bar, etc., with some heating, bending, crushing, that sort of thing. Using materials that others can identify and pick out lends interest to the piece and now I have to really start using my imagination! Always room for change and improvement... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seldom (dick renker) Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 nice job. look to be new shoes instead of used. much of the stuff i do i use old used shoes, adds a certain amount of charactor. i do use new shoes when working to a dimension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Hello seldom. Yes those are new horseshoes, unfortunately i dont have a source for used ones. I have ten or so old ones that I tacked up on the sheds for luck but I'm not taking them down, I need all I can get. . They look nicer hanging there than new ones too. Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seldom (dick renker) Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 nodebt, talk to some farriers around your area. often times they will give you their used shoes so they dont have to mess with them. that how i get mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Most of the farriers around here sell the old shoes. One guy told me $40 for a 5 gallon bucket.... I passed. I went to a moving sale near where I used to work and saw some horse tack. I asked if he had any shoes. Shoes? You want shoes, follow me.. He led me to an old bathtub that was half full of shoes, and said you can have these. I ended up with around 8-5 gallon buckets full. This gets me close to what I need for a sculpture I have had in mind for a long time that I figure will take around 1,000 shoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 Ok, seldom, I will do some checking around and see what I can find. Maybe I can find one that likes beer, or, as I've read elsewhere on forums a box of donuts... On 4/25/2017 at 9:40 PM, BIGGUNDOCTOR said: This gets me close to what I need for a sculpture I have had in mind for a long time that I figure will take around 1,000 shoes. 1000 shoe sculpture. Biggundoctor, that sounds very interesting... I have a pile of rr spikes I've been adding to. I'm thinking about welding them all into one BIG spike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBlades Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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