Week 15 of the Year of the Chopper...

And it's a Harley Softail chopper. Bid for it here until Thursday afternoon!

Thanks to Matt Trombley Photography for the first two pics.

"Flame Hardened", a piece to help Hellcat Customs rebuild

At the beginning of Novemeber, Kelly Rogers and Jason Sarratt suffered a devastating loss by fire. Working from his dad's garage while his shop, Hellcat Customs, was in the process of relocating, a spark ignited a blaze that destroyed his equipment, his bikes, and the garage.

To help them put things back together, many have folks have united to donated their time, resources, and money. If you are interested in making a monetary contribution, Rob Dale has set up a way to make a direct donation through his blog. Fred Horton and others have been setting up a "Rise from the Ashes" poker run that will take place on December 12th. If you can't make it in person, you can also participate by proxy.

Click on the flier for the full size.



I'm hoping to help out a little bit too. Bike #106, "Flame Hardened", was created to be raffled off at the poker run on the 12th.

"Exhaust Notes from the Underground"

This is Year of the Chopper bike #14. The name is a nod to my favorite author of all time, and the bike is up for auction now to benefit Home Fur-ever and Lifebuilders Detroit.

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!