Flowers

 

I take my inspiration from God’s flowers which come in an infinite variety of shapes and sizes.  In addition to using all types of equipment and machinery parts to build my flowers, I often cut out special shapes to create blooms, leaves and blades.


You will find below some of these fun creations, which I hope will bring a smile to your day.

Fun Flowers XL are larger than life with blooms four feet across. The center of these giants  is a truck gear, and the petals are cut from large salvaged fuel tanks. Re-bar used in concrete makes the stem, while the blades from which these beauties grow are truck leaf springs.

The slightest breeze will cause Spring Flowers to sway with a gentle motion.  They get their name from their stems which are actually pieces of chicken house feed auger. The star shaped blooms are cut from sheets of discarded metal plate, and a piece of heavy square tubing makes the vase.

Habitat II  provides nourishment for three hummingbirds cut and shaped from what was once truck fenders. The large flower blooms are a combination of  the teeth off of a tree shear and plow disks from a cultivator. At the base smaller flowers constructed from links of heavy chain and circles, discarded in the manufacture of truck bumpers, reach out to enhance the experience. Different sizes of concrete reinforcing re-bar, salvaged from demolished bridges, make up the stems of  both the large and small flowers.

The Sun Seekers Tower vase or central form is a remnant of a discarded sign post. The alternating round and square openings allow the long stems of yellow and red flowers to reach out to the sun from all directions. Those flowers are actually two different sizes cut in the same shape. The stem’s twists and turns were formed as the concrete was broken apart in demolition of a bridge near my home. The worn out disk from a tree planter is the base on which it all rests.

Inspired by the real thing, Giant Poppies stand together on their stems of re-bar that once reinforced the concrete of bridges. The layered petals and shaped leaves are cut from large rusted and pitted tanks.  The uniform weathered  patina urges us to focus on their delightful grace.