Icarus Wings

[nzbrock]

This is a sculpture that I constructed back in 2012. It was a very long and intense process.

"Icarus Wings"
Painted Steel
2012
15' 6"H x 15'W x 6'D

318 separate pieces
27 hours on the water jet
over 1 year in the making
over 1500 welds
over 70lbs of weld
over 12000 pictures processed at 60fps

Here is a video of the build from start to finish:










You can check out the complete build here: https://www.facebook.com/NZBSculpt/p...50693182737225
Install here: https://www.facebook.com/NZBSculpt/p...51257454322225
Maquette build here: https://www.facebook.com/NZBSculpt/p...50608130137225

[ManoKai]

@ nzbrock - stunning. Beautifully conceived, designed, and executed. "Fly....on your wings like an eagle..."

[psacustomcreations]

Very nice work.

[gmt]

Beautiful! I see the sculpture is in Florida. Is that where you work? I am in Ohio and have metal art/welding art friends up here who do commissioned pieces. I wrote this blog post about one of them:
https://hgrinc.com/local-metal-sculp...trial-surplus/

[cloudman]

what kind of paint did you use?

[nzbrock]

Beautiful! I see the sculpture is in Florida. Is that where you work? I am in Ohio and have metal art/welding art friends up here who do commissioned pieces. I wrote this blog post about one of them:
https://hgrinc.com/local-metal-sculp...trial-surplus/

Yea I live in Tallahassee, FL where the piece is located. Cool article, it's always interesting to read about other artist's processes.

what kind of paint did you use?

It was painted by a local company with a lexus automotive color called "glacier frost mica". It is a white base with a blue pearl. The whole sculpture was first sandblasted, then epoxy sealed, then acid etch primer, then white base, then blue pearl, then clear. The paint job was the single most expensive part of the sculpture. Here is a close up shot with flash:

[nzbrock]

BTW here is what the base looks like:

[bebo]

That is a tremendous work. Great edit of the creative process

[gmt]

Thanks so much for reading the blog! I love makers and artists. Keep up the beauty.