hammered sheet

Wall Football Sculptures

After7 - Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 9:55pm

A father commissioned these pieces; one for each of his sons (I had a morally difficult time making the Ohio State football since I'm an ardent ND fan). I used my personal patina brew to achieve the leathery rust effect, which was then clear coated to push the look to near realism.

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Presence

After7 - Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 9:28pm

Sculpture Gallery | bust | figurative sculpture | hammered sheet | Sheet metal

First "sold" artwork, so, naturally, I have a nostalgic soft spot for this piece.

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Turtle

After7 - Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 6:33pm

Sculpture Gallery | hammered sheet | sheet metal sculpture | Sheet metal working

New to the site so I thought perhaps I ought to share a few of my initial pieces, '07-'08, first: hand hammered, 16 ga. sheet metal used for upper + lower (lower not pictured) shells, head, neck and feet.

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Mokume vessel collaboaration with David Huang,

David Barnhill - Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 3:59pm

Ok, I've been meaning to update this project of ours and now that it has begun to get nasty outside it seemed like a good time. I have many pictures to add, so I have created a simple system in which to analyze them to better understand what you are seeing. The system is just two pictures of the billet, and then an alphabetical sequence to follow with descriptions. Hopefully you find it somewhat interesting and enjoyable.