Copper flames hammered with a patina finish.

This is one of my earlier pieces...I made this one for my daughter back in 2005, while taking a Metal Sculpture class at the College Of The Canyons.

He was made from sheet, plate, re-bar, and nuts; steel round ball and chain. I MIG welded him together, cut the plate, and re-bar with the torch and used the Plasma Cutter to cut out the Saw Blades, and Face. I think he turned out AMAZINGLY well!

This is one side of a handrail that I have been working on. Now just waiting on good weather to install it. There are 2 hand rail that go with it. I have to wait to get the railings installed to fit the hand rails.

I was born in Tucson, AZ and was raised in Central Arkansas. He has always enjoyed art in many forms and spent several years as a semi-professional photographer. Metal work came later in life and sparked a line of creativity that had lied dormant for many years.

This took me 3 months to complete. I started with small pieces of 18-gauge sheet metal and hammered them into the right shape, then migged them together and ground as I created the body.
The dorsal fins were created using welding rods cut in half and then migged on top of shaped 24-gauge sheet metal. I used large metal ball bearings for the eyes - cut them in half on my chop saw.