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All artwork displayed in this gallery is for sale. Please use the contact link above to inquire about the price of a particular sculpture.
Aurora
Flame colored Copper, Steel and Glass
No need to travel north to see the Northern Lights with this popular award winning sculpture featuring heavy gauge copper mounted in front of a mirror that reflects light through the milled slots, causing flashes of light as the viewer walks by. This piece measures 20 X 28 inches and is framed in mahogany. Contact me for pricing.
Lotus
Flame colored Copper, Steel, Glass lenses and wood.
A rare and beautiful flower in flame colored copper, textured and sprinkled with embedded steel spheres, with wood supported glass lenses.
Kestrel
Oak, brass, glass and bamboo
Kestrels are in the falcon family and are most easily recognized by their unusual hunting behavior, which is to hover at a height of around 35 to 65 ft over open fields, and then suddenly swoop down on prey. They are known to hover in even the lightest breeze. This guy hovers around all day, and flaps his wings, displaying the DaVinci influence in this kinetic piece.
Goshawk
Mahogany, maple, antique brass, copper and glass
The Northern Goshawk is known for it's ability to weave through dense forests in pursuit of prey. It's broad wings and long rudder-like tail give it superb aerial agility.
This Goshawk is the first in my "Plasma-drive Pleasure-craft" series, with the ability to traverse water as well as space. This ship measures 18 inches long with a 6 inch beam.
Osprey
Mahogany, maple, glass, copper
The Osprey can be seen slowly flying over coastlines, lakes and rivers, then hovering briefly before plunging into the water feet first to capture it's prey.
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This piece is another Plasma-drive ship, featuring a single engine capable of slightly more speed than the "Goshawk", and both are certified for interplanetary travel.
Peregrine
Oak, glass decanter tops, glass spheres, Poly-carbonate balls and flame colored copper
The Peregrine Falcon is about the fastest known bird-of-prey, and is capable of reaching 200 mph in steep dives from high above.
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The good ship "Peregrine" has ample seating for all your friends and is also the fastest of its class, with three large "Plasma-drive" engines. In this baby you can get where you are going before you even leave!
Exhibited at the Aviation Museum of NH (Manchester) durring the summer of 2017
Enigma
Maple, mahogany, antique brass and flower vase frog, copper wire and stone
This mysterious sculpture begs for an explanation and I am afraid only you can provide one.
Does it make music? Is it an artifact from an ancient lost civilization? A tool or weapon or navigational aid? Who knows. It may take years of contemplation, while hanging on your wall, to unlock its mysteries.
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Dragonfly
Glass insulator, glass spheres, oak and brass
'Dragonfly' has an electrical insulator for a head, a body of a glass decanter top and colored glass spheres separated by brass napkin rings, and wings of wood that span 4 feet. This isn't an idle dragonfly, a light pull on the chain makes the wings flap up and down about 4 inches (video coming soon).
I had intended to cover the wings with a semi-transparent fabric but may not bother.
Beholder
Walnut, brass, copper and glass
Fortune smiled on me the other day and I was given a piece of walnut! It's origins are unknown but it was rough sawn at a mill and sat in a garage for years. Ignored, the poor thing.
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I carved it, added an inner section of a cut-down drum-set cymbal, a glass frog, brass finial, copper wire and three glass lenses.
Multiverse
Oak, glass and copper
As there are theorized multiple dimensions, so too, are there multiple universes, and this before you is one.
They overlap and intersect,
absorb and deflect,
They fade in and out of perception.
This piece measures 14 inches in diameter and the oak is 3/4 inches thick.
Perspectives
Oak, glass steel and copper
I love the look of old rusted steel, whatever that may say about me, and one of my favorites to work with are wagon wheel hubs. Long after the roads were paved and the fields gone to housing, the horses are gone and all that is left of the wagon they pulled is the rusted hub of a wheel. But what potential for a second life!
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This particular one was given to me by an artist friend, Elaine Farmer, and is sealed in polyurethane to prevent the rust from flaking (or getting worse). The center is a glass flower frog, with three lenses wrapped in copper wire suspended above it. With seven mahogany 'studs' and seven carved oak arms, this piece reaches out and hugs the wall.
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Measuring a little over 24 inches in diameter, this sculpture is an eye-grabber.
TriWing
Oak, glass and copper
In the early days of 'Plasma Drive', when the technology was in its infancy, things like propellers, wings and control surfaces were still needed for controllable flight. The good old days of flying by the seat of your pants!
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Oak, copper, glass insulator and glass egg along with an engine cowling that is the bell from an old wind-up alarm clock.
FW-18
Oak, mahogany, glass brass and steel
The crux of this design was a folding wing that pivoted the ribs as the wing folds. Why anyone would spend the time figuring out how to do this, I just don't know. Anyway, this is the FW (folding wing) 18.
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The body is oak, the wings are mahogany, and then we have brass screw eyes, brass rods, steel springs, string, glass and antique brass.
Eagle 1
Oak, glass, copper and stone
Eagle 1 measures 20 inches long and has a 26 inch wingspan. This piece contains oak salvaged from a wine-rack, decanter stopper, and a stone counter-weight along with some steel star-shaped thingies that may or may not stay with the piece. I'm not crazy how they look but I needed a little more weight.
Viking Device
Oak, copper, steel, glass and glass lenses on pine.
The so-called "Viking Device" is another one of those mysterious discoveries I've unearthed in the dark depths of my basement workshop.
Experts suggest it is very old and most likely of Viking origin, and obviously used as a very clever and highly advanced navigation device. Others say it is probably just an early version board game.
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Anyway as you turn the cylinders the viewing ports move in the X and Y directions, while lots of other symbols and runes provide all kinds of useful information. To a Viking maybe. And the glass and steel orbs embedded in the copper suggest stars.
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About 20" wide and 20" tall.
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Feeding the Soul
Carved mahogany, copper and glass
'Feeding the Soul' is just that. After spending the summer working on outside projects, I was able to get back into the shop and make something new.
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The rusted steel hoop was from a barrel I think, then 3 lenses, one marble and one paperweight. some ball bearings, and a string from a piano.
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Measuring about 13" in diameter it is a small but very impactful sculpture.
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Sea Dragon
Stone, glass, copper and wood
The head of this guy consists of a tooth from a farm tractor sickle bar, nice and rusty and sealed in a clear sealant, the bottom and crest are maple, burned and painted with watercolor, then finished with clear polyurethane. The top is cherry, burned and finished with red stain/poly. The fin or wing thingy is hammered, heat colored copper, as are the tail fins.
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The body segments are made up of intertwined piano strings capturing glass and stone eggs, and green orbs.
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Sea Dragons are real and are closely related to Sea Horses, but look nothing like this guy. Both Sea Dragons and Sea Serpents appear in many mythologies, such as Greek, Hydra, Mesopotamian, and Norse. These were more similar to your typical dragon but dwelled in the seas. Belief in them was widespread throughout the ancient world, and I now have a real living example right in my home!
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Neowise
Glass, steel, copper and oak
Neowise is a comet only just discovered in late March of 2020. This guy orbits the sun at 40 miles per second, taking 6,766 years to complete a single orbit.
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This piece measures about 28 inches in diameter, is traveling considerably slower, and you wont have to wait thousands of years to see it.
Junkanoo Headdress
Copper, Glass, Steel and Mahogany
In the 16th century, an African tribal chief, John Canoe, who had become a slave in the Bahamas, started a tradition that became “Junkanoo” — derived from the name “John Canoe” spoken quickly! The slaves were given several days of freedom between December 26th and January 1st to leave the plantations and visit friends and relatives who were also slaves on the islands.
When slavery was abolished, the festival became less popular, but over successive years has become a huge celebration of freedom. Prize-winning costumes are now housed in the Junkanoo Museum in Nassau.
This Junkanoo Headdress sports mahogany spikes, patina colored copper, hammered and torched copper, glass, steel, brass and stone.
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This was a commissioned piece and is now happily residing in the Bahamas.
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