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Exhibitors day
We had a great time at the Cotswold Sculpture Park exhibitors day. It was great to meet other artists especially Rich and his wife from...
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Mar 29, 20251 min read
Finished well nearly
The Dragon is almost finished it has taken about 250 hours to make this part of the sculpture. I will eventually take it and have it...
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Mar 28, 20251 min read
The Dragon update
Finally welded all the scales on, about 600 in all and it is time to start on the wings. What a fiddly job that was to do. Looking...
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Mar 27, 20251 min read
Dragon update
I wasn't entirely happy with the proportions of the Dragon so I put him on a weight loss / body building program, he is now a bit trimmer...
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Mar 23, 20251 min read
A perfect day
What a gorgeous day! I'm just chilling in my garden, soaking up the sun and enjoying the gentle breeze. It's amazing to see my sculptures...
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Mar 9, 20251 min read
Size matters
When making a sculpture it is always difficult to decide how big or small to make it. It never quite turns out as I originally dream it...
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Mar 5, 20252 min read
The Dragon
The Dragon is coming on very well even if I do say so myself. I started with the head by welding lots of bits of bar together and then...
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Mar 4, 20251 min read
The Dragon
I am working on what is probably going to be the hardest challenge I have set myself so far. I am sculpting a dragon from stainless...
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Feb 24, 20251 min read
Sleepless night
I have finally managed to get sleepless night working, not as well as I would like but it is working. It needs a strong wind and needs a...
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Feb 24, 20251 min read
Cantilever test rig
I nearly finished the cantilever test rig, what a challenge that was to make, especially putting it all together. I need to add some...
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Feb 4, 20251 min read
Total Failure
Feeling a little disappointed. As I think it is time to give up on sleepless night. Although in principle it should work, but in reality...
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Feb 4, 20251 min read
Sleepless Night
I have repaired sleepless night and it is up on test, just need a good wind. But as usual as soon as I finish a sculpture the wind is...
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Feb 4, 20251 min read
Storm Catcher
Success, Storm Catcher is finally working. I have turned the blades around and that has made a huge improvement, but still not good...
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Jan 26, 20251 min read
Finished
Everything is now ready for the exhibition in March at the Cotswold Sculpture Park that opens in April. I finished the new tower design...
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Jan 14, 20251 min read
Quiet start to the new year, new chapter.
It has been extremely cold down the shed these last few days, Storm Catcher has been re built on the new and improved cantilever stand,...
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Jan 5, 20252 min read
Change of plan
So Christmas day did not go according to plan but was a great day as I had unexpected company. I did miss getting down the shed but soon...
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Dec 29, 20241 min read
LED and Solar Power
Here at Mesmerisingmetal I have been researching solar power as I would very much like to experiment with an alternative power supply...
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Dec 24, 20242 min read
Two out of three
Two of my three new designs are working well so feeling quite pleased with my work. I have decided upon names for the two that work. The...
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Dec 21, 20241 min read
Multi tasking.
I have been working on 3 new designs over the last couple of months, one crashed to the ground in the storm and is in need of some TLC,...
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Dec 9, 20241 min read
Storm Darragh, we love the wind, but not today.
Everything survived Storm Bert, but storm Darragh managed to blow over my test rig last night smashing one of my prototypes, completely...
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Dec 7, 20241 min read
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