This past week I've been working on a new project. It's a little different from my delicate cutouts, but something I've always wanted to figure out how to do and that is make sculptures. I don't have a fancy power hammer to help me mold steel ~ I just have a very old arm with three frayed ligaments in it so I can't always do what I really want to do. So, bear with me as I try to figure out how to make this Deer Skull.
I started out with a couple of scrolls that I bent that I use for my stands when I mount some of the Shovels I make.
See if you look at them sideways they kind of look like eyes.... right? OK maybe it's just me. Then I sort of angle them to get the gest of the skull. Add a scrap piece of steel to mimic the head and old horseshoe for the long nose.
Here's sort of what it will look like with some antlers. I'll be using three different sizes of rebar for that. That may be the hard part.... trying to bend those suckers!
I guess you know what I'll be working on this Memorial Day!
Stay safe my friends and please Kiss A VET! They have sacrificed so much for us.
Luckily I won't have to go far to accomplish that since my ARMY VET is in the next room.
GO 101st Airborne!
Thanks everyone for dropping in to view a small piece of me and my colorful and rusty world.
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3 comments:
Your antlers will be perfect, SooZe! Don't you have a bender? I thought we all had one! They are pretty cheap from Harbor Freight, made in China, of course, but they work well. Yes, I will kiss a Vet if I can find one! Without them I couldn't have the luxury of bitching and moaning! I do appreciate all that they do and have done!
oh wow! you are one talented lady! That seems really difficult but..you make it seem easy-peasy! Oh...I already kissed a vet...hubby close by:)
I know...we will all miss Oprah so much!!! I know she has her OWN network...but still!
SZQ- pretty wild set of antlers - and I love how you have recycled earlier bits. Can we see the finished product yet? B
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