Sculpture for Darryl

[Bertha]

Darryl,

I found this and thought of you. Are you still creating your metal sculptures from scrap items?  This guy really does a lot of interesting work: http://www.johnlopezstudio.com/

Cheers!

[admin]

  Wow!

[Darryl]

Thanks Bertha. Yes, I have seen a lot of John Lopez's sculpture. He really is in a class of his own.
And yes, I am still doing sculptures. My recent creations have been a giant sized scorpion, along with a full size (3.2 metre) crocodile which I have just finished. I'll see if I can post a picture or two.

[Darryl]

Here's the scorpion (paint can for size comparison):

[Darryl]

And here's crocky under construction:


He has legs now:

[Bertha]

I would say you are in the same class as Lopez!  The scorpion is so real looking that I wouldn't want to be too close or I'd be stung.  The crocodile is really taking shape.  I hope you post a photo of it when you're finished.  Great work!

[admin]

How to tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator?


You see the crocodile in a while and the alligator later.

[JTL]

Darryl, you sure have been having fun! Great job!

Duncan, that login box at the top right corner is broken. I logged in via the one on the left.

[Bertha]

Here's another website displaying metal sculptures: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.metallurgicpark.net/author/guygiuotpcqt/&prev=search

The original page is in French, so I had Google translate it.

[Darryl]

Thanks, Bertha. That longhorn bull is amazing. Very clever how he has hidden all the welds.
The crocodile is finished now and I am contemplating the ways of moving it. It is, to say the least, very heavy.

[admin]

 

[Darryl]

Crocky did very well at our local craft show. He devoured all the competition and emerged as Champion Of Champions!!

[Bertha]

Congratulations, Darryl!  Well deserved!

[Darryl]

Thank you, Bertha. The biggest challenge was lifting him in there. Forklift did the job.

[t k]

Congratulations, Darryl.  It will look great in the front yard of a natural science museum, or an alligator museum.  --- tk