Feeling annoyed with myself for making such a stupid mistake, the rocker arm in its present state is not going to work. I have it...

Started work on mounting the Dragon, I have decided on a large rocker arm that will swivel in the wind. It is 2M long and I have gone as...

We had a great time at the Cotswold Sculpture Park exhibitors day. It was great to meet other artists especially Rich and his wife from...

The Dragon is almost finished it has taken about 250 hours to make this part of the sculpture. I will eventually take it and have it...

Finally welded all the scales on, about 600 in all and it is time to start on the wings. What a fiddly job that was to do. Looking...

I wasn't entirely happy with the proportions of the Dragon so I put him on a weight loss / body building program, he is now a bit trimmer...

What a gorgeous day! I'm just chilling in my garden, soaking up the sun and enjoying the gentle breeze. It's amazing to see my sculptures...

When making a sculpture it is always difficult to decide how big or small to make it. It never quite turns out as I originally dream it...

The Dragon is coming on very well even if I do say so myself. I started with the head by welding lots of bits of bar together and then...

I am working on what is probably going to be the hardest challenge I have set myself so far. I am sculpting a dragon from stainless...

I have finally managed to get sleepless night working, not as well as I would like but it is working. It needs a strong wind and needs a...

I nearly finished the cantilever test rig, what a challenge that was to make, especially putting it all together. I need to add some...

Feeling a little disappointed. As I think it is time to give up on sleepless night. Although in principle it should work, but in reality...

I have repaired sleepless night and it is up on test, just need a good wind. But as usual as soon as I finish a sculpture the wind is...

Success, Storm Catcher is finally working. I have turned the blades around and that has made a huge improvement, but still not good...

Everything is now ready for the exhibition in March at the Cotswold Sculpture Park that opens in April. I finished the new tower design...

It has been extremely cold down the shed these last few days, Storm Catcher has been re built on the new and improved cantilever stand,...

So Christmas day did not go according to plan but was a great day as I had unexpected company. I did miss getting down the shed but soon...

Here at Mesmerisingmetal I have been researching solar power as I would very much like to experiment with an alternative power supply...

Two of my three new designs are working well so feeling quite pleased with my work. I have decided upon names for the two that work. The...