A few of our latest carved sign / sculptures

[Jim Dawson]

107 views and no comments….. i guess you are all speechless….

[Paul Phillips]

I just saw it Jim, that looks very cool but I have to ask, nice job on the letters but did you just do the letters or did you build the whole thing? And what the heck is it?
Paul

[Keith Outten]

Speechless and waiting for some details. When I saw the pics I figured it was all machined from wood and coated to make it look like iron.
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[Mel Fulks]

Did you notice the top gear has a crack in it? But without it I would have said it wasn't real. Impressive!

[Art Mann]

You are correct. I am also speechless. Very creative work!

[John McClanahan]

We need more information!! This is way to amazing to hold out on!


John

[Keith Outten]

My guess is the its machined from foam and covered with Sculpt Nouveau.
http://www.sculptnouveau.com/

[Jim Underwood]

No way!

That's gotta be pieced together...

Need progress pix!

[Jim Dawson]

Thanks everyone!!!! We had a blast creating it.



The gears and the mounts.

1) carved from 2" thick 30lb HDU

2) glued halves together and textured them

3) painted with various sherwin williams and modern masters metallic paints. The rust is real rust. Iron paint with an oxidizing agent.

The chain.

1) all links cut from 1/2" PVC foam board.

2) all connections in the chain are PVC pipe fittins

3) the gear actually turns.


This thing stand over 5' tall and weighs only 100 lbs. No Wood or hard coating used at all.