Southern-Steel Fabrication

Saturday, August 28, 2004

The Family Tree


This commissioned work has definately been the most satisfying piece to date. It's an interior piece that will stand when finished 11 feet tall and includes a hoot owl hole and a few hundred feet of hand formed branches and leaves. Throughout the process I just kept thinking "man it's gonna be over soon". Of course after 20 + hours of hand forming the tree trunk on the shot bag I started thinking "I sure hope I finish this soon, before my arm falls off". But in the end I was satisfied with the piece and was saddened to see it leave it's birthplace.