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.

Dog with Ball

This playfull little dog has the remains of a bicycle saddle for his head, while his body includes an old animal trap amonst other things. He stands astride a small cannon ball in anticipation of a game.

Hungry Hound

The backbone of this dog is the main frame from an early ox-drawn plough, and the largest two prong fork form his front legs. His ribs first saw service as a set of shire-horse shoes. He would be the ideal fireside pet if he could only fetch sticks...

My own Rooster

I thought it was about time I had a rooster of my own, so I made a base from a large wheel which had been salvaged from a sluice gate, added a hollow log and then created a 'boss' rooster to preside over the rest of the animals in the yard. He stands two metres tall and was finished in June 2009.

Porky Pig

Similar to my wild boar sculptures, the body of this life-size pig has been constructed from a collection of barrel hoops and stuffed with large pinecones.
The front legs and ears are gussets from a harvesting machine, and the buttocks are two shovels. A variety of other farm related tools make up the rest. September 2009

Drinking deer

A life-size deer commissioned by a lady who is planning to put it at the edge of her garden pond. The ears on this example are created from the trailing blade from an old harrow, it's front leg incorporates the handbrake lever from a 1922 Peugeot

Vulture on a log

This vulture features a wide variety of garden tools in its construction and has been mounted on a cherry log. Created August 2009

Chouette

A new owl built around a garden fork with scythe blades for wings and spring tynes from a tedding machine for eyes

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.