Random Bird

Somehow as soon as I have finished making a sculpture our cat has to 'own' it. How the cat figured that the bird might make a good place to sit, I'm not sure, but in case you were wondering the bird's tail
is an axe head

Farmyard Goose

 This was a commission for  a french couple who retired to the Perigord which is famous for the production of geese. The goose is twice life-size and uses four shovels, two plough shears and a motorbike silencer in its construction.

Chicks

 From the tall to the short! These chicks were created to go with a mother hen. Their bodies are metal boules, and the chicks simply push into the turf.

Taller Dancing Crane

 This is the third dancing crane, rather taller than the last couple at 2m 30cm high. I used thinner and rather more flexible leg metal in an effort to get the sculpture to bounce about in a breeze, so emulating the dance of the real crane. Just need a bit of breeze to see if it works!

Dancing Crane

 This sculpture was a project to use a whole bucket load of mower blades that had somehow become overlooked in a dark corner of my barn. The head and neck are a simple handle from a horsedrawn plough, and although quite tall and heavy the sculpture stands up thanks to metal spikes under the feet which simply push down into the lawn.

Woolly Sheep

Here is a lifesize sheep created from the main frame of an old plough, a couple of hoes, mower blade and matress spring.This one now lives in Switzerland.

Hercule

 It sems that around here dogs are like busses; you wait for ages for one, and then three turn up at once! For the photo I have used a white sheet behind this one to help show up the components in its construction.

The Angry Cat

 This cat was part of an extensive commission which includes two deer, three roosters and a dog. The cat was to 'stand agressively' above the dog.

Cat's face detail

 Close up you can see another pair of ox shoes and two harvester blades.

Two hungry dogs

 One of these dogs may form part of the cat and dog combo which is destined to go in the window of a vet's supplies shop soon.

Detail of one of the dogs

 Close up view shows that I've used a shutter hinge, two balljoints from a harvester, and some ox shoes.

Two swifts

 This pair look similar at first glance, but one has pliers for it's tail, the other incorporates a pair of poultry shears.

Mother Hen

 A bit larger than my usual hens, this one was produced to go with one of my largest roosters

Starting Point

 I'm not sure what this piece of scrap came from, but when I found it I knew it would make a good starting point for a crocodile sculpture, so I set to work...

Crazy Croc

There we have it: the crocodile measures 2.5metres from nose to tail, and uses plough shears and rotovator blades in the body, plus bike  chains and mowing machine cutters in the tail.

Boris

The finial from an old newel post was the starting point for this spider

Rusty Tuna

A Rusty Tuna is a cocktail using Jack Daniels and Beer amongst other ingredients; this Rusty Tuna has a mix of parts from an old grass cutter and a small cultivator. It was created for someone who wanted a fish sculpture, but the funny thing is I can't remember who it was that asked for it!

A new rooster

 I make more roosters than anything else, and this one is one of the few that have been produced without using an axe for it's neck; half a spring tyne from a harrow has done the job instead.

Little Nut Tree

I suspect that the humour here will be lost on my French friends, but this tree is festooned with 'nuts' or ecrou.

Rooster and Snake

My response to a request for a contemporary rooster with a bit of drama.

New Season's Vulture

 My vultures always sell well, so I've created a new one; I couldn't find a sink trap for the neck, so I have used the ironwork from an ox yoke instead.

Swift

A pickaxe and small pair of garden shears are the main parts of this swift.

Antelope

An attempt to keep things simple. The legs are old blacksmith tools, the bodies are harrow tines, and as you can see, the heads are pitchforks. The taller antelope stands just over a metre high.

Sunset Seagull

 

Mounted on the rim of a cartwheel, this gull uses two very large scythe blades and measures two metres from the ground to the wingtip.

Ox and Plough

 

This sculpture was an effort to use all the heavy pieces of scrap from a recent barn clearance. The yoke, harness and plough are all original, and most of the Ox has been created from plough parts, with the exception of the head which first saw service as the differential case from a tractor. I intend to keep the rusty finish, and the sculpture will be used as the centrepiece of an exhibition next summer.