[rotty]

I made this metal flower out of 18g steel, bicycle spokes and the legs off a political sign. The base was a couple of cast flowers from the bargain bin at the metal store. I blasted the flower and clear coated it. The stem and the base I patinaed with heat and linseed oil. It turned out pretty good at least she liked it:)

before patina.

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After patina

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all done

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[CraigLam]

We have an artist in the crowd! That is magnificent. That's the kind of thing people would pay good money for. Can you make it in different sizes? There was a metal show on PBS that came on really early in the morning that the host made a small flower out of copper sheet. But, no where close on the scale you did. That seriously needs to be on the web.

[rotty]

I would like to take credit for coming up with the design but I followed these instructions and used his pattern.
http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor/r ... _index.htm

[Otto Nobedder]

18 ga.? That must be almost four inches across! That's amazing!

[Jaspepp]

Here was a fun one

[Otto Nobedder]

I notice in the last pic, the stem casts a crisp shadow on the floor. All the way from the "island" to the dishwasher, equally crisp.

Really?

Kinda sets my "???" meter off.

[delraydella]

That's really nice!

[rotty]

Here's another pic with shadows. I only took 1 pic of it finished.

[Sublimis]

Awesome Job!

[AnvilJack]

Everyone, everyone, stands, roars approval, applauds.

And I like it, too.

Great stuff.

[Follow da blue light]

Very nice.....