You get Awesome, I double the Win.

Out of the 52 YOTC bikes, 34 have been sold...raising a total of $2900 that's been split between Home Fur-Ever and LifeBuilders Detroit. Thank YOU so much for the help in supporting causes I believe in!

But now, for the 18 remaining pieces, let's up the ante. Whichever YOTC piece you buy, I will match the money....effectively doubling the donation.

Buy Maestro for $130, and $260 will go to charity.



Let's see how much money we can raise in the next 2 weeks.

All 18 bikes are listed in the "Choppers for Charity" section of the BDW online store.

A few of the pieces available:

"Warpath" Flathead Indian Bobber

We've made it to week #29, and this week's bike is way cool. It's a flathead Indian bobber, old school with a leaf spring front end.

You can get in on the bidding fun and games here: Warpath Auction

And check back this week, I should have a couple of more interesting posts!

Here is the Indian:

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:

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.

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:

1957 Harley Davidson Panhead

This is my take on a '57 Harley, with a panhead motor, drag bars and and a sissy bar, and a pretty cool set of pipes. It was "inspired" by this motorcycle, all though I put my own twist on it.



This is the 10th Year of the Chopper bike, and all proceeds from it's sale will go to charity.

"Back in Black" Year of the Chopper Number 9

Bike Number 97 overall, the 9th YOTC sculpture, is bad and it's black.

"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.