Damsel Fly

Similar to an earlier dragonfly sculpture, the Damsel Fly uses a leaf spring for the abdomen,while the front wings are much lighter and feature chicken wire veins.
Built 2010

Soaring Buzzard

This sculpture fixes to a wall via a single metal spike on it's tail.
The buzzard's body is made from the end part of grass cutting machine, while the flight feathers are blades from a rotorvator. Two large rakes are used in the wings, plus a tiny rake makes the tallons.

The Orbitron

Similar to the 'Globe', this sculpture stands 1metre 30cm high and uses parts from cart wheels and wine barrels; the ball at the top is a 'boule'.
created 2010.

Patio Prawn

This is only the second prawn that I have made; it departs from the usual
gardening implements that I use by being based on a moped silencer. There again, it
would be unusual to find a prawn in the garden, but it looks quite at home by the pool!

The Globe

Created for a French businessman who travels the world, this is a rare departure from my usual animal subjects.
The hoops were salvaged from old wine barrels of different sizes, while the topknot is the handle assembly from a cutlass. Height 1m 30cm.

Armiliary Sundial

This sundial uses three metal 'tyres' from cart wheels and includes a fountain at the base.
It was built to celebrate a 50th birthday, marking the passage of time, and including one of my Rusty Roosters to signify the early morning wake-up call. It also features a fountain at the base and measures over 3metres high. July 2010

Armiliary Sundial detail

This view shows roman numerals and fountain rose. Note that it was taken a few minutes after 3PM.

Dragonfly

Some leaf springs from an old cart were the inspiration for this dragonfly; the thorax was a small axehead, and the eyes are a pair of rusty boules. Wingspan 1.4m
June 2010

Mo's dog

This life size Retriever was commissioned for a birthday present as a constant reminder of a faithful friend who had recently passed on.
Amongst the usual collection of agricultural parts is a waggy tail made from old saw blades.
June 2010

Poochie

A sturdy little dog which uses the front forks of a bike as well as the saddle.
May 2010

Two Opposing Roosters

A pair of rusty roosters created to sit on two stone pillars in the hallway of a big house.
They have been made from similar parts, but still retain their own identities. May 2010.

Farmyard Goose

Geese are everywhere here in the Perigord, so it's surprising that it's taken me this long to make one. The neck is from a car exhaust, while the breastbone is a framesaw and a pair of hoes make the feet.

Two Geese

These geese were a commission for a garden in Holland.
Designed as a pair they are each based around a garden frame saw, but from then on use very different parts. For example, one head is a moped silencer, the other a boule and candle snuffer joined together.