Thanks Rob, it's one of my favorites too!

The wing is 18G sheet metal, torch cut, then rods welded in place as the wing skeleton. I then gave the wing a little shape using a shot sack and large mallet. The bat has a 4' wingspan.

J.R.

Speedskater, thanks for the compliment. I have not been to Artmetal in a while and was surprised to see someone commenting on one of my pieces. To answer your question, this was a time consuming piece (about 100 hours). I traded the bat for $2k in auto body work (at Bat Body Werks, Spring, TX). I am presently studio-less, as I am in the middle of building our new home in Austin.

PS: Hi to the Artmetal gang... I miss you guys!!!

Speedskater,

Wow, I've been away for a while and was surprised to see someone commenting on one of my pieces. Thank you for your kind words! This piece was very time consuming (100 hrs), and was actually a commission. I traded it for $2k in auto body work. The owner of Bat Body Werx (Spring, TX) is really into bats. He eventually painted it in a sort of translucent pearl purple... it looks really cool!

Thanks again, J.R.

Amigo Tamayo, pretty good Bamp !

See you`re back here,me too. Not much into sculpture myself lately. Hope to get my hands on some metal in a creative manner. For the time work for bread will suffice. Take care, and keep up the metal work too... ciao.