Dave Taylor
My work has evolved greatly over the past 20 years. I started by using mostly found objects...farm machinery and chrome auto bumpers. Now I'm fabricating welded figurative pieces using new steel...sheet, rod and tube to assemble sculpture with a more refined and delicate feel. Ok, I still throw in a few found objects now and then.
The welding, the least critical part of the process, is done by myself with gas, stick and MIG welders. Cutting is done with a hand held plasma cutter. No computer driven tools are used in the process and no animals were injured...except I may have hurt their feelings by depicting them.
I usually start with sketches and then go to patterns made from poster board and masking tape, then to steel...the whole time evolving from the original idea.
I used to split my time between being a dentist, a race car driver and a sculptor...now I'm doing this full-time. America, what a great country!
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Cow (DTL COW)
steel
53" H x 20" W x 36" D
$3,200
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Crane (DTL CRN)
steel
4' H x 14" W x 44" D
$950
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Eagle (DTL EGL)
steel
38" H x 46" W x 24" D
$3,200
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Dog/Door (DTL DOG/DOOR)
found objects and steel
34" H x 41" W
$1,600
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Llama (DTL LLAMA)
naturally rusted new steel
76" H x 18" W x 39" L
$2,800
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