Tube bending jig and integrated table. I made this for my Dolphin Fountain project.Positioning jig and welding table. Made for my Dolphin Fountain project.Hubs for creation of octet (octahedron and tetrahedron) masts and spaceframesOctet mast created with hubs in previous photo.Octahedral TerrariumIf you’ve ever seen an architectural model, the trees usually begin as flat metal castings like these. The branches get bent into a 3d shape, and then flecks of green foam are glued on to make the foliage.
I made this collection of trees for a company that was making a model of an arboretum (or something similar). Like a lot of beginning artists, I had trouble saying no, so the number of species got a bit out of hand.
The rubber disc in the background is one of the production molds.Here is a closeup of the architectural model trees in the previous image. I used a soldering iron to melt together little pieces of wax wire.Here is a little cardboard garage that I made.Here are a few other cardboard buildings I made.Goldfish, modeled in plasticineGoldfish, modeled in plasticineSign made from 1/2″ steel rod.
About 4′ wide. Unfortunately I didn’t design the cool logo.Text portion of sign in previous photo.Sign in previous photos.
I had a lot of good help with installation!Figure sculpture modeled in clay and cast in plaster.
Unfortunately I didn’t photograph this before I used it as a soldering jig.Work on display at an art show.Work on display at an art show.Work on display at an art show.Guitar fretboard with custom inlay.
Abalone is really difficult to machine!I made several attempts to cut out the abalone (mother-of-pearl) pieces for the guitar fretboard inlay in the previous image.
Below is a piece resulting from an attempt with a laser-cutter, which yielded unusable results.
Above is a piece resulting from the method which was successful (learned from an online forum): Glue the abalone to a board with water-soluble glue, and then after cutting the pieces, soak them in water until they float free!Lightbox made with curved acrylic.Tubular hand sculpture made with my friend George.Opening of show which featured the tube-hands that George and I made.Metal fittings created in the quest for the perfect necklace cord.
Sculpted in plasticine. Resin casting made by someone else.When I began making tube sculptures, I lived in an apartment that was unsuitable for welding and brazing.
The soft-solder that I was limited to required some sort of fitting to be used, and so I created these fittings to expand on the limited, commercially available options.
I started by turning one piece on a borrowed mini-lathe, and then assembling duplicates of this piece into the shapes seen here.
This unspectacular assemblage represents several months of effort!These are the rubber wax-injection molds I made for the tube fittings in the previous two photos.
Inserts made from brass rod allowed the creation of thin-walled, hollow fittings.Here is a sketch of the fittings, a few wax-injection molds, bags of cast fittings, and intertwined, copper-tube hearts made with them.
Chris Taylor Art - Sculpture, SciArt 