Chouette from behind

Rear view of the owl showing harvester blades, window brackets and a pair of scisors

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.

Metowl

A barn owl 50cm high, designed to sit on an overhead beam looking down on the world.
This one incorporates two horseshoes in his face and part of an old machinery guard for his chest.

Mc Vulture

A hungry vulture who has now departed to his a new home...

Anne's Perched Rooster

This rooster was in response to a request for one in full cry, so I have stretched it's neck and fixed the secateurs used for it's beak in the open position. These changes, along with the use of a wide variety of parts give all my animals their unique identity

Rusty rooster

A new rooster ready for take-off, Easter 2009

Vulture on branch

This head and neck from this life size vulture were created from a splitting wedge, shackle and sink trap. The wings are scythe blades and the body is formed with two plough blade tips. It sits on a dead tree branch watching the chickens.

Katie's Hens

Two different hens which accompany a whole family of my other animals including as you might expect a rusty rooster to look after them.

Tom's Hens

This hen uses an English sickle and a horseshoe in the construction of it's tail

Tom's Hens

Each hen in this family has been composed from different items; the tail shown here uses the head from a miniature pick along with a pruning saw

Tom's Hens

These hens are equipped with a long spike under each foot to enable them to be placed at will on the lawn

Tom's Hens

One of a flock of hens, this one uses a leaf spring from a trailer and a trowel in it's tail

Roe Deer

A closer view of the deer below

Kevin's deer

A life size buck which has a pair of pliers for antlers, ox shoes for ears and a selection of garden tools in the body, including a scythe, secateurs, several hoes, a small axe head and a rake. This one lives at Segalas in the Lot et Garonne

Jane's Boar

A hefty wild boar created from old farmyard parts including barrel hoops, ox shoes, billhooks and harrow tines. It has been stuffed with large pinecones and weighs 85kgs.
March 2009

Little fawn

At 1metre 10cm high, this sculpture of a young deer is smaller and lighter than most of the deer that I have made; this was simply to make transport less of a problem for shipping abroad. Practical considerations like this have become an essential part of the design of my sculptures, but at least they are robust enough to withstand rough handling.

Jean's Crane

Here in the Dordogne we are situated under the flightpath of several hundred cranes as they migrate in the spring and autumn. This one however, stays put in Jean's garden in all weathers. Height 140cm.

Bambi

This life size fawn was created from a wide variety of garden tools including hoes, rakes, axe heads and bilhooks. 2008