Portfolio: Commissions

SyctreeCloseup: Water-jet cut & hand hammered 72-ounce copper sheet.

SycTreeWall: Main hallway wall on which the piece is mounted.

GBH Final Rt: 5.5'-tall Great Blue Heron: Used mainline logging cable, 5/8" re-bar, and mild steel.

GBH Final Lt: This bird is wading in about 6-8 inches of lawn.

GBH rear: View from the rear. I'm happy with the gracefull movement I achieved in this piece.

Pecker Boxed

Giant New Pecker

Pecker full moon

Pecker Home

Pecker shrubery

Pecker right side

Pecker left side

Pecker back side

Pecker front side

Meet my friend: Stainless steel wire mesh feathers keeps this bird on it's toes.

Stair & Guard Railing: Sturdy with a tidy look.

Stair & Guard Rail (side): All stainless steel: 3/16" 7 x 7 cable, 2" x 2" corner posts, 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" mid-posts and stair-rail, 1" x 3" top-rail, and 1/4" thick plates

Stair Railing: Complete custom stainless steel stair hand and guard railing.

Trellis1: The supports are three #11 (1-3/8") re-bar, 12' long with a 53-degree bend at 7'. The mesh is 4" by 4" number 6 concrete re-enforcement steel, framed by 2" by 3" by 0.875" box-tube steel 20' by 3'.

trellis2: The client plans to grow either hops or scarlet-runner beans.

trellis3: This was a challenging project for alignment and weight reasons. I got by with a little bit of help from my friends while building and installing this trellis.

Karen Mahardy/Jeff Jenkins collaboration: Karen created this hot sculpted glass and copper mesh head, to which I added a #32 re-bar neck and stand.

Glass Mask: Karen Mahardy created this life-sized hand-blown, hot-worked glass mask, for which I built the presentation stand.

Migration: Stainless steel spawning Coho salmon with house numbers.

Meta-morph 1: Lawrence Morell's lighted glass and steel sculpture "Meta-morph" at the SOFA show in Chicago last week. I made the steel base/frame.

Mata-morph 2: LED's are installed between the steel sides and glass where they are programed to change colors slowly.