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Some more photos of the Faery on Flickr :)

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This is the side view of a life-sized faery sculpture. She has been created using a combination of mild steel rod and sheet steel forged into shape. Underneath the skin and clothes is a metal framework, a little like a skeleton. Steel rod was also used to make tendons to create a natural effect on the sheet steel skin.
She was built up piece by piece and welded together using a mig welder; she has not been cast.

We've named her Titania after the character in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight;
And there the snake throws her enamell'd skin,
Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in

You'll be able to see her for real at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in July 2009.
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Faery by ~theforgery. Eagerly suggested by many people, this metal faery sculpture was not cast, but forged and welded together with a mig welder. It was on display last month at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. ( Suggested by *cl2007 and Featured by `Kitten-of-Woe )
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=Arichy Oct 29, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
awesome!!

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~ekelner May 27, 2011  Student Interface Designer
This is awesome!! I love the negative space in the wings
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:icontheforgery:
Thankyou for your kind words
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Mood: Astonished ~poison-amaranth May 8, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
This is impossible. You created this? This is absolutely stunning! I'm truly impressed, I wish I could go see this in real life some day! My goodness, brava! :iconiloveitplz:

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:iconcreathers:
Amazing work, I thought I made some crazy things, but by comparison my creations look absolutely silly...
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:iconsinestromaster:
Wow, such a masterpiece! Really awesome :)

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Straight to the Future!
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*adorety Sep 13, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
Great faerie. You do amazing work.

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She's really beautiful!

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Very beautiful piece! I love the combination of forge work with the welded pieces. There are so many lovely details in this piece. I think the expression on her face really makes the piece sing.

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