The Mechanical Monkey

Flying machine.

2011-08-16T11:20:00.000-07:00

Made from an assortment of old metal parts... this guy while still under construction... is almost ready for take-off!

Thanks for your votes!

2011-04-14T20:56:00.000-07:00

The winners were announced today in the Off The Roll Scotch tape contest... and I'm one of them! Thank you very much if you voted for me in this competition!

To view the winners: http://www.offtherollcontest.com/main/Winners.aspx

The Mermaid Mechanic, Her Clockwork Sea Dragon, and the Missing Wrench.

2011-02-23T08:32:00.000-08:00

I created this for the Scotch Off the Roll Contest. The mermaid measures 7' long, while the sea dragon comes in at 12'. I used nearly 675 feet of Scotch Heavy Duty Packing tape along with some gold paper, one vinyl letter and a piece of cardboard from the tape packaging.

Please visit the contest website and cast a vote for me!
http://www.offtherollcontest.com/main/GalleryDetail.aspx?contestEntryId=226

just for fun

2011-01-01T08:03:00.001-08:00

work in progress!

2010-10-22T19:21:00.000-07:00

The Keeper of Lost Time

2010-10-21T09:03:00.000-07:00

Found objects, metal, carved wood.
Available for purchase.

Bug-Bot # 2

2010-10-18T19:11:00.000-07:00

This guy will also be making an appearance on Etsy when I finally get it launched. I'll of course make note of it here, and try to include a link to my Etsy page!

Phoenix

2010-10-16T22:58:00.000-07:00

This was quite a labor intensive project, and cutting motorcycle tires is no easy task.

10 motorcycle tires

6 bicycle tires

4 2x4's

2 plus pounds of screws

6 dozen zip ties

1 metal support star

2 glass eyes

1 bbq grill cover

5 pieces of copper

He had a brief showing downtown before becoming a permanent resident in our front yard. He gets a lot of visits from neighbors and kids, and
a bald eagle even stopped by to check him out last winter.

The Complete Fleet

2010-10-16T22:40:00.000-07:00

This was another favorite of mine... only had it for a little while after creating it, before it found a new home.

The Chimp is made from clay, and the boat carved from a block of found wood.... the rest are all objects found parts from projectors, piping, toy propellor, air nozzles, pencil sharpener case and gear, brass lamp post, casters, watch lense, pulley, rubber insulator, African emblem, gutter post, waxed thread, brass fishing weights, watch post and gears, and a piece of copper that I etched.

Collection of C. Edwards Scopelitis

Butterflies and Moths Collection

2010-10-16T22:28:00.000-07:00

Top to Bottom

1: Luna

Private Collection

2: Pallor Mortis

Private Collection

3: The Martyr

Private Collection

A few old friends!

2010-10-16T22:24:00.000-07:00

From Top to Bottom:

1:To Profess His Love

Collection of D. Anderson

2: Steam Machine

Collection of D. Anderson

3: The Nihilist

Collection of Welles & Woodin

The Flying Contraption and The Flight of Minerva.

2010-10-15T00:35:00.000-07:00

Assorted furniture parts, glasses lense, machine parts, gas nozzle, aluminum scroll work, burl base, and taxidermy turkey legs ( the plastic kind... not real ones). :)

The Flight of Minerva is made of a metal doll head, wood, casters and a variety of other found objects.

both pieces in the collection of W. Montgomery

The Dragon Queen

2010-10-15T00:29:00.000-07:00

Made from an assortment of clay, wood and various found objects, this little dragon is ready for action.

in the collection of C. Tabac-Shank

Blobber and The Little Engine that Would.

2010-10-15T00:19:00.000-07:00

Two more older pieces. Blobber is made from clay, wooden wheels and assorted electrical parts, with a metal fuel tube.
collection of S. Inger

The Little Engine is made from wood, meat grinder parts, glass insulator, sliding door assembly, tin, found baby doll head, copper, and an assortment of other random objects.

available for purchase

The Jade Emperor

2010-10-15T00:12:00.000-07:00

This is another older piece, made mostly from clay and wood along with a steel wheel and two wooden casters.
private collection

Guardian of my Inner Peace

2010-10-15T00:04:00.000-07:00

Upper body sculpted from clay. Brass bell, and weed eater part... along with parts from a warming tray, vase, brass curtain rings, stove caster, and two large gears.
available for purchase

Industrial Cocoon

2010-10-14T23:59:00.000-07:00

I'm going to post a few older pieces for those of you who might be new to my work. This piece is made from clay, wood, and old typewriter parts, brass, an old sliding door assembly for barns and some hand planer parts.
In the collection of Welles & Woodin

Bug-Bot

2010-10-14T22:26:00.000-07:00

This little guy will be on Etsy in the near future. He is my first in a series of mechanical insects.

Work in progress.

2010-10-12T23:38:00.000-07:00

After a trip to the scrapyard, I was ready to get to work again. As you can see, I'm working on a mechanical crow.... and the little figure is in works to go inside a larger sculpture.