Custom Bicycle

This is a cool little piece I finished up at the end of last week. It's modeled after this custom bike, made for the bike's owner:

Allis Chalmers WD45 from start to finish.

Here is a sculpture of an old Allis Chalmers that I was commissioned to do.

The rear tires were originally used as spacers under the rear springs of my former whip, The Mother of Violence. I know, she doesn't look violent...but the MoV made Chucky look like a Cabbage Patch doll...



Washers, bolts, and presto! You've got wheels..



A couple of 7/16" allen wrenches make up the rails...



In goes the engine...



I plasma cut the curved shape of the sides out of some scrap sheet metal, and the front grill is discarded tig rod framed by old allen wrenches.



The exhaust stack..



Fenders are on..



And the finished product!

A great Saturday night party , and new YOTC sculpture.

This weekend we put together a little art viewing/music listening/wine tasting get together at Wine Sync in downtown Mount Clemens. We had a great turnout of friends, family, and supporters, and it looked like a good time was had by all. Darla and Terry performed a very eclectic set of acoustic songs, from Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" and Patty Griffin's "Up to the Mountain" to "Use Somebody" by the Kings of Leon and yes, even Michael Jackson's "Bad"! I'm hoping we can do something similar in the future, and next time I'm going to make sure we get video.

We also raffled off a Chopper for Charity(Bike #100), which raised some money for Lifebuilders Detroit and Home Fur-ever.

This week's motorcycle sculpture is a Harley Ironhead Sportster, it's bike #103 overall and the 13th YOTC bike.

Harley Davidson Heritage Softail Classic

Here is a commissioned piece I finished this week. Contact me for info on custom work!

"Point of Impact" Motorcycle Sculpture

This is the 12th YOTC bike, and the 101st motorcycle sculpture overall that I've done. This Panhead chopper on the auction block for two more days.

The progression of a M1 Abrams tank

I'd like to thank my family, my friends, and everyone else that have served our country in the United States military.

I can't lie, I didn't do this piece because it is Veteran's Day...but I think it's kind of cool that it turned out that way.

I took some liberties with the tank to give it a "moving forward" look.

The turret rotates 360* and the barrel moves up and down.

Click on the pics for high res versions, and check out the flickr album for a bunch more.

The progression of a Harley

Last week I made a sculpture of 1991 Harley Custom Softail. I snapped some pics of it with my Palm Pre as I went.

not much yet..



the Evo is in the frame, the tank is on, and the forks are attached..



the rear wheel is on as well as the rest of the frame...



rear fender and seats are in place...



next is the exhaust...



front fender, headlight, handlebars, ballgame.



The finished product: