Recent Work
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Gavin Darby - Escape Station
Location: Nottingham
I was contacted by the Escape Station to create a feature for their soon to open puzzle room As its not yet open I don't want to give anything away, but the project was a lot of fun. Looking forward to having a go in the room to see if I can escape!
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Vinny & Violet
Starting with a coal scuttle we created this motorcycle and sidecar combination. This piece was sold as soon as went on show.
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Gone fishin'
Location: Creative Recycling
Upcycled gas main mostly!
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3 Daisies - And Cat
Location: Essex
This piece is built up from some old gas main pipe. The 3 flowers are made galvanized steel so as the piece weathers these will stand out. The stems are not too heavy to allow so movement. The grasses are cut from thin sheet steel and provide a hiding place for a suspension spring cat. For security the piece is staked into the ground. The grass and flowers make a noise if the piece is moved. The spread of the flowers make moving the piece difficult. And finally the postcode is welded on the base...
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Odd photo but the whole piece shows the clients address so I had to crop it. The brief was to create a large sign that can be backlit. The metal should be able to weather in to a brick wall. It needed fixing points to be hidden inside so the builders can attach it in a way that allows access.
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20 Commission Piece
Made to the customers requirements on a very tight time scale. The company was about to mark its 20th anniversary. The piece needed to be able to have a temporary site at the party and then moved to the office (or possibly ouside - so the cat was high fired to handle a wide range of temperature.
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They wanted their waste to be used within the piece. So the number cages were made with recycled mesh I had in the studio and strengthened with off cuts of the 5mm rebar which they use. The cages were... -
Workshop - Motorbike
The result of the latest customers hard work in the workshop. If you would like to make your own sculpture from steel with some assistance from Gavin, a welder, a plasma cutter, angle-grinder and possibly a hammer or two call or email to book your day.
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For £180 you get 6 hours of one to one tuition and help from Gavin working with a MIG welder and other toys. The day is tailored to meet your needs and you will have a completed sculpture to take home. -
Tractor Clutch Flower
Tractor clutch flower. What is says in the tin! Normally I don't use clutches because they are nasty to work with. But the shape of this was too good to miss. I removed the plates, added a stem (once security bars), leaves from some off-cuts of sheet metal. The dragonfly is a bolt and squashed box section.
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The Snug
The Snug - made on commission. The customer wanted the sign to feature a cat and the lettering to be formed from "bits". The cat was a couple of slices of pipe, some tiny pieces of mesh wire, a piece of oven shelf and snipped a couple of corners. The Letters are a collection of tools, bar, springs, and a U bolt that once held a horse in place on a roundabout.
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Dog
Dog playing with a ring.
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Parrot
Freestanding parrot with a bell (made from the top of a large gas cylinder).
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Owl
Owl. Created from a range of off-cuts and waste. Body and head are box section. Eyes are made by the fabricator making holes for bolts - and these lovely discs are punched out and chucked in the bin. Wings are bits of sheet steel. Legs and neck tiny bits of bar. For the owl I like to use some bigger bar to give a fat neck as I think owls have a wide neck to allow it to be able to turn so much.
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The owl is one of a range of birds I have created that are given a perch on the handle of an old spad... -
Plane
One half of a damaged BSA tank. Took a bit of work to cut it in half, front to back. The wing and other features were pieces of scrap metal found around the studio.
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All Terrain Vehicle
I was given the spike wheels, which sparked off an image - a Land Rover that could drive anywhere. Other than the wheels I built the lot, mostly off-cuts The edge for the radiator grill was found in a skip. Now Garry needs to add the driver.
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Cobblers Lasts
Likely to be cast iron, and therefore a nice solid feel. From the size I think these must be for children's shoes. Found these in a drawer, all dirt and rust - part of a shed clearance - and I loved them. Gave them a good clean and painted with clear lacquer. They show a little age related wear as you would expect.
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