Silverware Musicians

[BD1]

First attempt silverware art. My son is a professional trombonist so I thought I would try make these for him and friends. The violin player is shorter, I used a spoon for a body. Just playin around. I found the eyes in my wife's old craft goodies.

[trapperjohn]

I ran across this type of art a few years ago made by a fellow named Phil Johnston of Smyrna, Delaware. He is a unique artist with stainless flatware. Here are some of his pieces. The last one, the rear wheels turn, his legs go up and down and the front wheel steers a little bit.

[BD1]

WOW !!! Those are awesome. I gotta a lot of practicing to do for sure. I'm just trying the BASICS I can't imagine how much time those took. Thanks for posting.

[Steelwill]

Those are sweet my wife told me to leave her silverware alone

[BD1]

Those are sweet my wife told me to leave her silverware alone

No problem, Go to GOODWILL and buy all you want for $ .10 each.

[weldermike]

Yo bro those are sweeeet man! I ignored your thread cause I thought it was a off topic one and never bothered to look GREAT job on those, and first attempt bud!, you knocked it out of the park

[Steelwill]

No problem, Go to GOODWILL and buy all you want for $ .10 each.

So would the qualify as stainless practice?

[BD1]

So would the qualify as stainless practice?

YEP ! And THANKS for the kind words. Try it. It is not that easy for me at least. The silverware thickness and design makes a difference for welding and bending.. I'm learning as I play with this stuff. The thin stuff sucks, easy to burn through.
I'll take 6'' iron pipe welding stick any day anywhere.

[dallas_]

Those are great! Nice work.

[Steelwill]

YEP ! And THANKS for the kind words. Try it. It is not that easy for me at least. The silverware thickness and design makes a difference for welding and bending.. I'm learning as I play with this stuff. The thin stuff sucks, easy to burn through.
I'll take 6'' iron pipe welding stick any day anywhere.

Don't feel bad I do my best on thick stuff too.

[strube1369]

Nice job, man. I really like this kind of art.

[Ironman50]

Like it very much. Fun to see those silverware come to life. Very creative interpretation of musicians. Great work!

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[RAT468]

That pretty cool i'll be welding my silverware together later tonight

[flyfishbill]

Was that tig or mig weld

[BD1]

These were my first attempts at the silverware and was tigged. Sometimes it is hard to get the torch in tight spots and had color distortion. My recent stuff I migged it.
Here's some others.
http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php...ght=silverware
http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php...+bottle+holder
http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php...ght=silverware
http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php...ght=silverware
http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php...ght=silverware
http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php...ght=silverware