Ok Ok you got me on poundage. (for now!) The paint was done at a local powdercoater. Involved a hot oven and a cold case!

Good to see you back from work and playing like the rest of us. Working! I mean working.

Hi kevin, I live near a lake. The climate is muggy, hi tems and humidity most of the year. Perfect conditions for mosquitos. There are times you can see them darken walls by the numbers. That said, I wanna make a mosquito sculpture, the own the place and deserve some recognition too... gee,don`t know whether is them or bats so abundant here too. Guess mosquitos have larger populations so the latter can feed on them too. Do you know a process to copper coat steel, electrolitically I guess? let me know if you find out. Thanks . nelson.

Hey Nelson,

I do have a source to copper coat steel. Check out the guys at www.ronyoungpatina.com

I have seen Ron take a hunk of plastic rain gutter and turn it in to an old copper gutter with greens/blues and what not. I will say I have not had much luck with the coppercoating on steel here in Phx. It is just to dry here for it to work. But where you are it should work just fine.

I have called them with the "Oh God, what do I do now" call and they have always been very helpful. Their number is 1-800-728-5787.

Hope this helps. Can't wait (but I guess I/we will) to see what you are doing.

Nelson, I watched a friend melt copper wire onto steel for a piece he was doing. It looked great, gave a nice texture and color to the piece. You might have a problem with the two metals reacting if the sculpture goes outside and is exposed to rain, but it sure looked good. Lin

Just got the red X of death on the photo... So Sad...

spiderants

Where is that can of Raid when you need it???

I like em. The trail of ants is great. Have you tried a web for the spider to sit in?

Thanks for posting.

Hi Kevin

Raid wont work....but "Rust" might....

Yes, I've made some "web" out of woven stainless steel, but just need to sell the concept to someone so I can set the web up between some trees in a garden. I have plans to do another one with a coloured glass abdomen. I am slowly setting up a small (30m x 40 metres) sculpture park outside my workshop, so maybe I can do something in there...

Peter

Can of Rust!! I love it.

I got started the same way in sculpture work, building stuff for us to go around the house. People started coming around to see the work, then they started buying it.

The rest as they say....

They are hollow spun metal balls. Most often used for decorations like on the tops of chain link fence posts. I get mine from a metal yard that also carries fence stuff. Any ornamental steel yard should carry them. If not look over here

www.helandermetal.com