The First BDW Ducati, and a YOTC progress report.

This is an 1198 S "inspired piece." The real deal is an absolutely beautiful machine, and I did what I could to capture it's essence with scrap metal and nuts and bolts.

It's available for purchase on Etsy. The Choppers for Charity section of my store is home to 20 pieces right now...visit it and help us add to the almost $1900 we've raised so far!

See more of it on Flickr.

Win Sleepy the Metal Mutt!

Become a fan of Brown Dog Welding on Facebook, comment on the "Win Sleepy!" album, and you'll be entered to win the nap taking pup. I'm going to do the drawing on Friday of this week.

Two new Harley sculptures, and some cool shop shots

For the last couple of months I've been doing mostly commissioned work, along with the YOTC bikes. Last week I decided to weld a couple of sculptures for myself, for my store.

Click on any of the pics to get a bigger version and to find more photos.

Th first one is a Panhead, named "Nobody" after Terrance Hill's character in the old spaghetti western "My Name is Nobody." Cool movie to check out if you've never seen it.

You can buy the bike here: Bike #120 "Nobody"







The second one is an Ironhead chopper called "Hustle," available here: Bike #121







And while I was building "Hustle," my buddy Matt got some cool shots...

1974 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40

This 350 powered FJ is ready to hit the trails.

"Bonny goes Boom" 1971 Triumph Bonneville

I was looking through the Jockey Journal last week and came across a thread about "raw" bikes, motorcycles left unpainted. There were a couple of cool Triumphs in there that caught my eye, so I built this sculpture.

It is currently available in my store's "Chopper" section.

Cornhash and Plato

Just a few shots of these guys that I put together yesterday.

Cornhash was made with a socket, some nuts and bolts and washers, and a piece of roller chain.





Plato is built from nuts, bolts, roller chain, and a steel ball out of a bearing.





They will both be in my Etsy store soon!

It's raining cats and....ok, no cats, just dogs.

Today the fifth Year of the Chopper Bike sold, and later on tonight I will have the 6th bike up for bidding. Here is a sneak peak from my phone....it will be one of these:




I did some more metal mutts this week, including some cool boxers for Erika and her boyfriend David Lozeau, a west coast artist. Do yourself a favor and check out his work, it's really, really dope. www.davidlozeau.com

Here are their boxers, Papi and Guapo





And a few other pups:

Dyson

Picasso and Jet


Blaze and Jughead

The same....but better

The 4th Year of the Chopper auction ends today, bid now and you could get a sweet deal AND help two very deserving non-profits!


Here are some more pics of the '41 Indian, taken by Izthistaken.

The Dog Pound

I was out in the shop on Wednesday and didn't feel like getting involved in a long project, so I decided to build some metal mutts. Each one is different, and I try to give them each their own personality. Naming them is harder than welding them together!

Alaska Mission Bicycle

My wife's cousin Jesse Boyd is a missionary who is currently biking his way to northern Alaska. To commemorate the trip, I was asked to build two sculptures of his bike.

Take a look at his website for some amazing pictures and crazy stories!

More pictures here:Jesse's Bike

The First Auction Bike!

"Number One with a Bullet" is bike # 83 overall, and the first bike in the "Year of the Chopper" collection. It's kind of an old school/new school mix, with a panhead motor on a rigid frame with a nice rake.

Check out the auction here, and bid knowing that all proceeds are going to good causes! "Number One with a Bullet" Auction

Nuts, bolts, tubing, pipes, screws, bar stock, and even a rod bearing out of a LS1 motor were used to put this bad boy together. I tig welded every part of if, then cleaned and clear coated it for corrosion protection.

For more pics of this bike, click HERE.

Photos by Matt Trombley

I'm on a boat.

The last couple of days I spent most of my time working on a commissioned piece, a Sabre 38 Express yacht. It took me a bit longer to finish that I was hoping, but I think the result was worth it! Let me know what you think. More pics are here: Sabre Flickr Set.

Look for more on the initial bike sculpture auction tomorrow!!!