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"Soul Scrub"- This is a life size sculpture of a woman made from about 5000 rings from trampoline springs!


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" Preparing To Shrug " - Life size sculpture ( 60" x 44" x 48") of Atlas in his classical pose. Atlas is made from over 435 wrenches and the world is made from 42 computer key boards, cell phones, and Blackberry's. The world has impact craters where technology struck the earth and changed it. The state of our economy and the factors that created this situation inspired this piece.


" Won First Place Award at Big Arts show on Sanibel Island" -
 February 2, 2010

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"Blind Ambition"- This sculpture stands 6'4" total. The legs are on about 20" of tea cups. The shoes are made out of nickels. ($4.50 worth.).

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"Ancient Fisherman"

"The Present"-

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"Let It Rain" -

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"Prince Charming" - This sculpture is a "life size" ( 20" x 28" x 9") goose with a frog riding on his back. It is made from stainless steel tableware. Very cute and very unique!


" Won Award at Vero Beach Art By the Sea Show" - January 15, 2010

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"The Owl" - This sculpture is made from table utensils. It stands on a knotty log that has been sealed. The owl has his head cocked slightly as he looks to the left. This sculpture is 19" x 12".

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"Timeapple"- This sculpture is made with watches over solid wood. The wrist bands are used to represent the leaves at the top. Stunningly attractive piece! the pineapple shape is 16" x  8".


"The image of this piece was chosen by Sotheby's International Realty for their marketing materials of a ten million dollar beach front home in Vero Beach, Fl."


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"A Horse Called Atlas"- Horse and rider are make from many found objects. Some of the smaller items came from old sewing machines. The legs are pliers connected to wheels. You can actually roll Atlas around! Atlas is 32" wide x 24" tall.

"The Bridal Toss" - Made from trampoline springs. 42" x 22"x 7"


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"Feed 'Em All" - This sculpture is made from stainless steel spoons, forks, and knives. The upper left corner has a cobalt blue, glass dinner plate. If you look carefully, you can see the ghostly face of a child looking through the glass plate. "Believe it or not, one out of eight people in America live below the poverty level..And the USDA estimates"One Half" of all food produced in the United States is wasted! We CAN feed 'em all, you know !"

"This piece was used by United Way of Brevard Co. as a symbol for fund raising events in 2009."


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"Oscar Night"

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"Spartacus"-

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"Ripple Effect"- This sculpture is made from metal found objects and coral. The coral is representing the froth on the edge of the wave and the final resting place for our pollution. Once our coral reefs are destroyed it will take generations of time to allow them to grow back. Ripple Effect is 12" x 16".


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"Wanna Play" -This is a sculpture of a dog playing with a ball under a blanket. The dog is made of assorted steel hardware. The blanket is made from old advertising tins. Everything has been welded together! This sculpture is composed of hundreds of small parts.

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"Living Outside The Box" - This sculpture has a school of fish swirling upward and around a tool box. The tool box has an underwater patina and sponges and fans growing on it. These sponges and fans are magnetic so that they can be rearranged. There also is a group of tools rusting inside the box that can be seen through the opening at the bottom. This piece is about seizing life regardless of your circumstances!

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"Subway Singer"-

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"Brass Beauty"- New style of infusing steel with copper and brass.


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"Memories"- This is about 6-8 memories I have placed into 1 piece of art. This Sculptures stands about 5'.

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"Question !!!"-This sculpture is made of wheels from  skates, scooters, skateboards, inline skates, heelies, etc. It is 8' tall and 42" wide. The face of the clock has letters instead of numbers. The letters ask "Where's Yo Kids?". This piece was inspired by the fact that many parents let their kids take off without asking "where are they going? Who are they going with? And when will they be back?" It's a dangerous world out there. Ask questions!

"This Piece was exhibited at the Melbourne International Airport in 2009."

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"Sand Hill Crane"- This is a life size "found object" sculpture. The neck, back, wings, and tail feathers are all knives, forks, and spoons. The head and legs are golf clubs. It stands very sturdy by itself and the over sized feet are removable. The Sand Hill Crane is 48" tall x 32" wide.


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"America" - This piece is made from a small television set and many remote controls. It's dimensions are 38" x 20". I think it makes a clear statement about what we do with our spare time.
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"Metallic Marlin" - "The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts."
The parts for this fish were salvaged from dumpsters around Merritt Island Florida. It is the shape of a Marlin and is built to scale (8' long). I hope everyone takes a few minutes to check out it's many components.

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"Sandhill Crane II"-

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"Utensil Tuna" - This sculpture is composed of many kitchen utensils. The body is made of spoons welded together.This wall Hanging is 3' x 14".

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"Zig Zag Lobster"  - Named after the sewing machine I got the parts from. I also used an old type writer and a slide projector for parts. I have other pics of the face available.

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"Industrial Buddhism"- This Buddhist prayer bell was constructed from a scuba tank and transmission parts among other things. Everything was retrieved from  dumpsters. Spiritual recycling........Reincarcycling!  It has a very nice tone!!!!!!!

"Butter Knife Throne"- Beautiful and functional chair made out of stainless steel butter knives. The knives used are of many different shapes, sizes, and patterns. Comfortable to sit on. Truly functional art!   42" Tall x 23" wide.


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"Stainless Steel Marlin" - 10' long marlin  made of stainless steel. This steel was salvaged from Cape Canaveral. Great piece for a large wall area !

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"Lady Fish"- This wall hanging piece is three feet long. It is composed of different types of metal joined together with parts from a type writer and sewing machine attached.

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"Great Horned Owl"-

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