Little Bee

My sculptures don't get much smaller than this! The wings on this little bee are made from a pair of ox shoes, the thorax is an old boule, and the 'thighs' are the springs from vine secateurs.

Mozzy

A pair of plough blades and a shovel got me started on my first insect sculpture which looks quite menacing in the gathering twilight

Honey Bee

In response to a request from a bee keeper I had a go at a honey bee by using a pair of plough blades for wings, a hoe for the head and a shovel and fork for the abdomen. The eyes were created from a pair of solid brass doorhandles.

King Coq

Every now and then I find the parts to make a 'de luxe' rooster and this is one example.
This piece is around six feet tall and incorporates many more parts than my usual roosters.The tail includes two scythe blades and four sickles of differing sizes, and rather than mounting him on a wooden post which normally needs to be 'planted' in the garden, I have used the base from a french cafe table which means that he can stand on a patio or be moved from place to place.
June 2009

King Coq detail

The head uses a pair of secateurs and the chuck from an electric drill along with some sheetmetal torched to the shape of the coq's comb

King Coq detail

Shows the cast iron cafe table base and feet made from old secateur blades

Philipine's Coq

A perched rooster the body of which features the metal rings formerly used in the yoke worn by oxen working in the fields nearby. The yoke, which is made of wood, can be seen hanging on the wall above the rooster.

Jan's bambi

This young deer stands 1m 20cm high and incorporates an houe, serpe, hache, ratteau and forche in it's flank. Alternatively, if you are english, hoe, bilhook, axe, rake and fork.