Thursday, June 24, 2010

Orchid Plant


Here's the latest addition to my Farmers Market Series. The plant is mild steel leaves, roots ,stem,and old blossom and stand. The blossom is copper, brass and stainless steel. I learned that perpendicular scratches to the stem's length enhanced the colors that occurred from the welding heat affected zone.All the materials,except a screw and a nut,and weldment are reused(by accident).

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Farmers Market Series


I started a new project creating copper flowers. I call this the Farmers Market Series.The flowere are constructed from copper, stainless steel, brass and steel. Shown are several of flowers displayed using a new stand. The stand base is a car brake rotor.The leaves are made using a heavy steel sheet.