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By Ashley, 07/08/2010 11:38 am

Hooked is wall hanging sculpture created from scrap collected from a farm barn. The meaning is in the name and I created this soon after an old school friend died from years of drug and achohol abuse.

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By Ashley, 06/25/2010 3:19 pm

I am so please with this sculpture as the finished work is exactly what I had in mind when I looked at my pile of scrap metal. And I had so much creating this sculpture – it is very tongue in cheek and is based on the weird and wonderful creatures that can be found in the deep parts of the oceans and that so fascinated me as a child.

For the paint finish, I used a range of car paints and many coats of lacquer.

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By Ashley, 05/25/2010 2:58 pm

For this sculpture, titled Contorta, I wanted the work to have an organic feel to it like branches and tree roots. With this in mind I added new bends to the reclaimed rollcages that I had already cut down to smaller lengths. And  although I had spent much time planning it in my mind  the sculpture took on life of its own as it developed and grew. Once again, I used French boules sets for the larger balls and also added small mini boules. To me the larger balls are like fruit or tubers and the smaller balls are like new growth in Spring as it spreads…

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By Ashley, 05/06/2010 12:05 pm

Lean On Me is made from reclaimed scrap metal including RSJ beams and box section. This metal sculpture has been a labour of love, needing countless coats of car paint and lacquer. Not to mention the rubbing down between coats and masking off each section and the hastle of moving it. However, I am very happy with the end result and am looking forward to seeing it on show.

Below is various images taken outside the workshop and one in progress. I will post more soon…

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By Ashley, 04/14/2010 12:18 pm

Here is a few pics of a experimental metal table created from scrap crankshafts, cogs, gears and metal offcuts.

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By Ashley, 03/03/2010 8:53 am

Sorry I have not had much to report on this blog but I have spent most of my time spraying sculptures and sculptural furniture. I have a few on the go and they are all at the final stage and it is a case of mask off, spray, wait and then another coat of paint. Some of these works are intended for the outdoors so need many coats of paint.

Apart from that I have been sketching ideas for new works, tidying up the workshop and have purchased a new saw.

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By Ashley, 01/14/2010 10:11 am

My first new sculpture of 2010, made entirely from scrap metal including car parts and a scrap sash clamp. I really enjoyed making this sculpture and wanted to inject a bit of fun ‘comic strip humour’ into the work.

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By Ashley, 12/07/2009 2:45 pm

Body Sculpture - Sculpture created from reclaimed metal

Body sculpture viewed in artist's garden

Detail shows the title on the weight

This metal sculpture is created from reclaimed found objects. The legs and feet are cut from an old plough, the hips and pelvis are parts from a old van and a tow bar. The base is a an old iron weight, from a weight lifting set, salvaged from knee deep mud and took a lot of cleaning to get through years of rust. It was fun welding as I had to heat the iron first then butter weld with specialist arc rods before I could attach the foot and leg.

The weight is has the words ‘Body Sculpture’ as part of the casting which I used for the title of the sculpture. constructed from found objects. This was one of the very first metal sculptures I constructed.

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By Ashley, 11/02/2009 4:51 pm

Thought I would post some photos of work in progress – another sculpture made from recycled parts. These include a broken clamp, spanner, break drums and bearings:

Ashley arc welding a new metal sculpture

Cleaning the sculpture

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By Ashley, 10/23/2009 2:41 pm

Here is a few pics of engines being dismantled ready for cleaning up and then using in sculpture and contemporary sculptural furniture.

Dismantled Engines - More Ideas

Pistons

Recycled Engine Parts - Form Ideas

Engine Blocks - Many were ceased