Mystery Ship

Jim Adams - Friday, February 29, 2008 - 1:28pm

This is created from a chunk of rail steel, an old leaf spring, a shock absorber shaft and.... I added some glass beads for a little something extra. The work weighs about 50 or 60 lbs.

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mystery

visitor - Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 3:39pm

Jim, This speaks to me. To me. this is a break through for you. John Christiansen

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Thank you John

Jim Adams - Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 9:08pm

thank you John...

uh... what did it say?

I'd picked up the little leaf spring a long time ago, it was destined to be a sail. When I got the chunk of rail steel, I had the rest of the boat.

This particular project was very time consuming. Drilling 1/16" holes in spring steel doesn't go real easily, about 5 or 6 bits broke off in the holes in the process. Stringing all of the beads was on the time consuming end also.

But the work turned out pretty good. I took it to an artist mart today and some mariner types gave it a lot of looking.

I've got a website out there - ADAMS-FERRO.COM with most of my works shown. The works go in several different directions.

Jim

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