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Yellow Hat – metal head sculpture

Ashley — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:00:49 +0000

This is a real fun piece and I really enjoyed making this. It is another sculpture that almost made it’s self – in that I looked at assortment of parts and see a hat, hair and a head. And it is always a good feeling to recycle found objects to create art.

Combine 1 – sculpture created from combine harvester

Ashley — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:55:23 +0000

Combine 1 is created from many blade holders originally used on a combine harvester. Four blades are welded together to create a diamond then the six diamonds are joined and finally mounted on the beech base. I recently exhibited it at my Lost & Foundry 2 exhibition at Williams Art in Cambridge.

Chair of Reflection – Sculpture in the Sanctuary

Ashley — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:52:34 +0000

Chair of Reflection on display in the glasshouse at Sculpture in the Sanctuary.

Photos from sculpture exhibition

Ashley — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:15:43 +0000

Here is a few photos from my Lost and Foundry exhibition at Williams Art Gallery in Cambridge. Where I am exhibiting metal sculpture and sculptural furniture created from recycled and scrap metal and objects.

Lost and Foundry Exhibition – Cambridge

Ashley — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:44:53 +0000

My exhibition titled Lost and Foundry will be held at the Williams Art Gallery, Gwydir Street, Cambridge and will feature sculpture and furniture all created from found objects and recycled materials.

New sculpture – Creature from the deep

Ashley — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:19:32 +0000

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.

Work in progress – Scrap Crankshaft table

Ashley — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:18:17 +0000

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

“Just Read Your Tweet”

Ashley — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:11:47 +0000

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.

Work in progress

Ashley — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:51:03 +0000

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

In the sculpture studio

Ashley — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:41:38 +0000

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