This is the largest of the 30 bird sculptures that I have created. Atop spindly legs, a mechanical stomach and wings constructed from lawn mower blades, sits a head with a small house as its skull. I have used the 3 dimensional house form in several large sculptures: Dream Deferred, La Ville Industriale and Detroit Entre Deux Lacs. The house form has a fond centering element to me. The steel sections of the sculpture are heated with an acetylene torch, hammered, shaped and stick welded. After brushing the surface with an electric wire wheel, the surface is coated with paint.

Bird With a House in its Head 87”H. X 47”L. X 35”D. 2013

Le Detroit Entre Deux Lacs“ is the six exploration of Detroit, Michigan’s auto industry. The viewer may interact with the various handles, knobs and disk brake components. Additionally, they may rotate the upper house element. The red water tanks, (which represent lakes St. Clair and Huron), are connected to each other but not to the free standing industrial assemblage which towers above them. Detroit gained its name from the Fresh trader, Antoine Caddilac, who named the Western area of the two land masses that the river divides.

Le Detroit Entre Deux Lacs. 80”H. X 48”L. X 54”D. Welded steel with oil. 2010.

Font of Remembrances is a freestanding employment recollection. The idea was conceived as a totem to industries that have disappeared and with that, jobs. The base is constructed of a bent I beam, tools and spare steel. The center contains two crossed arms over an offertory bowl above which are gears rising to a crown of sorts. The sculpture has funerary elements for me. The steel parts are heated with an acetylene torch, hammered, shaped and stick welded. After brushing the surface with an electric wire wheel, the surface is coated with Val oil.

48"h. x 44"w. x 22"d. steel with oil. 2009

My sculpture, entitled “Tool House”, is another in the series of house shapes. I have created many house pieces over my career. This sculpture uses the simplest gable design. Each of the segments are constructed of tools that I have used; drill, chisels, railroad nail, cat’s paw and a nail gun barrel. Each piece is heated and reshaped using an acetylene torch, hammered and then stick welded.

Tool House 12”H. X 12”L. X 1”D. Welded steel with oil. 2012.

My sculpture, entitled “Chevy House”, is another in the series of house shapes. I have created many house pieces over my career. This sculpture uses the vertical shed design. Interestingly, the main body of the shed came from my Chevrolet Astrovan undercarriage! Welded to this body is a “house” shaped plate. Each sculpture piece is heated and reshaped using an acetylene torch, hammered and then stick welded.

Chevy House 18”H. X 6”L. X 2”D. Welded steel with oil. 2012.