Don, you have a great start on a fine dragon! Let your creativity soar as the dragon soars to thousands of years of creative expressions and stories alike. The dragon has so many symbols which relate to our personal lives. Your creative endevor reminds me of when I first started my path into the metal arts.
After working as a professional photographer for a few years, I decided to go back to school to study welding. I figured I could not only earn a decent wage as a nuclear welder, and at the same time, be able to create three dimensional objects. One of my welding classes was in oxy-acetylene welding and I spent the complete course making my "Destragon - the destroying dragon."
"Destragon - the destroying dragon" was created by applying successive oxy-acetylene weld beads over a steel skeletal armature one bead at a time. Over 70 hours of welding were put into this dragon during my initial schooling.
What's interesting is the learning curve is shown in the final dragon. I started with uncontrolled weld beads at the tail of the dragon, and ended with controlled scales at the head. The wings were made of sheet steel with a "buttering" of bronze weld rods over the sheet metal. This dragon was created back in 1979 and now hangs from my roof as a protector of my home
So have fun with your dragon JR and enjoy the learning experience. There's nothing like the enthusiasm and mystery in discovering yourself and your art!
Thanks for sharing and for bringing back old memories!
Dragon Quest
Don, you have a great start on a fine dragon! Let your creativity soar as the dragon soars to thousands of years of creative expressions and stories alike. The dragon has so many symbols which relate to our personal lives. Your creative endevor reminds me of when I first started my path into the metal arts.
After working as a professional photographer for a few years, I decided to go back to school to study welding. I figured I could not only earn a decent wage as a nuclear welder, and at the same time, be able to create three dimensional objects. One of my welding classes was in oxy-acetylene welding and I spent the complete course making my "Destragon - the destroying dragon."
"Destragon - the destroying dragon" was created by applying successive oxy-acetylene weld beads over a steel skeletal armature one bead at a time. Over 70 hours of welding were put into this dragon during my initial schooling.
What's interesting is the learning curve is shown in the final dragon. I started with uncontrolled weld beads at the tail of the dragon, and ended with controlled scales at the head. The wings were made of sheet steel with a "buttering" of bronze weld rods over the sheet metal. This dragon was created back in 1979 and now hangs from my roof as a protector of my home
So have fun with your dragon JR and enjoy the learning experience. There's nothing like the enthusiasm and mystery in discovering yourself and your art!
Thanks for sharing and for bringing back old memories!