PICK UP OR LOCAL DELIVERY ONLY - Underwater Disagreement

"Underwater Disagreement" My regular medium is realism using stainless steel flatware, so when I was inspired to do more ocean creatures I picked the squid as my next creation. The initial design was to create the body in stainless steel handles and spoons and collaborate with a glass artist to make the squids fin/wings, so it sat incomplete in the corner of my bench until I could find a glass artist. In the mean time I was commissioned to make an octopus sculpture, however upon completion the sculpture was declined by the commissioner. I put it in the corner on top of the squid, turned out the lights and closed up shop for the evening. After several weeks of the pair sitting in the corner of my shop, they suddenly spoke to me…. I said to myself “It looks like the octopus is attacking the squid!” I then dropped all other creations I had planned and started to make the 2 fit together in an underwater clash. This meant cutting up the octopus to fit, adding the correct amount of tentacles and finding a glass artist right away. The search for a glass artist that was willing to collaborate during COVID turned out to be unsuccessful. I then had to come up with a solution for the fins/wings for the squid. I also had a struggle to get the to creatures to stand out from one another and have a distinct difference. Having a background in Blacksmithing I had experience in heating metal and creating a moire pattern in the metal, giving it a patina or rainbow effect, so I chose this method and got the result you see on the squid. Two unrelated projects have become a battle royal in the deep titled “Underwater Disagreement”
Sculpture is 19" x 28" x 16" and very heavy - PICK UP OR LOCAL DELIVERY ONLY.