You light up my life... So, I thought I'd do the same for you.

This project was this year's Christmas present to my daughter, Jenny. Many years ago I had made a lamp out of a hubcap. My son ended up with the lamp, and I'd always promised my daughter that I'd make one for her. This year I finally got around to it. It's not a hubcap, but it's definitely recycled, and interesting iron. The shade is made from a very old toy wagon wheel, a gold mining pan, and a large bandsaw blade. The base is a timing pulley, and the post was forged from a one inch steel pipe.

Tanks..... You're welcome... Don't toss em... create something.

These are well pressure tanks. I decided to make a Christmas present for my son and daughter-in-law. They had talked about putting a fire pit in their back yard. The old pressure tank that I turned into their gift was just right. I cut an old tank that I'd lugged around for the last 20 years in half. Then, I cut 18 points like a crown. I bent them down so that it looked like a big Sunflower. I made a ring out of a piece of re-bar, and bent the points of the crown around the ring. The result was a place you could rest your feet on to get them warm. The base is an old plant stand that I bent out to accommodate the pit, and be stable enough not to tip when leaned on. I added a few holes with the torch for decoration, and a coat of 1000 degree heat resistant paint. They loved it.

Two Bells for the Bizarre Bazaar

Every year my neighbor, at "The Brandybuck Ranch", opens her pottery studio up for a Christmas Fair. It's known as "The Bizarre Bazaar", and items offered sometimes live up to that name in spades. I try to have some items for the Bazaar when ever I can. This year, it's these two bells.

Raven in The Wind

This project was done for my neighbors. It presented a bit of a challenge in regards to the pivot point of the weathervane, and a means of giving the Raven some depth on a flat silhouette.
After many searches, I found a wood block card that had two Ravens printed on it. I was able to copy a pattern, and enlarge it. Then,... a little creative torch work for the details, and the Raven emerged. He faces the direction the wind is blowing, and the arrow points the direction the wind is coming from.