Recycled bicycle sprockets as sculpture material.

Since 1992 i have been sculpting welded recycled metals to create figure sculpture. I often passed up the bicycle sprocket when welding the metals together because of its pronounced patterns. Bike gears always seemed to stand out like a sore thumb when mixed into a bunch of other parts.
      It wasn't until i was confident enough with my direct metal skill-set that i decided to use nothing but  the sprockets. that way there would be a uniformity to the overall look and a cohesive integrity to the material parts i was using.
     The first all bicycle sprocket welded metal sculpture i attempted was of a small  horse. Using my usual direct metal welding technique I was able to heat, bend, form, cut and weld the gears in a way that worked.

Since then i have launched off on a whole series of small and large welded metal sculptures using exclusively up-cycled bicycle sprockets.  Its sort of like Picasso's blue period but its not depressing or blue. Maybe ile paint my next bicycle sprocket sculpture blue and call it Picasso's dream.