The first metal sculpture I ever made was a lobster. They of course lend themselves well to metal with their beautiful repetitive, layered exoskeleton. I loved the flowering effect that the tail and the leg cuffs on either side of the body have.

I was particularly pleased with the facial structure with all the antenna and their housings as well as the silver detail within the large claw. The blue heat patina really showed off the natural beauty of the overlapping segments present in lobsters. Blue is the hottest color I can achieve with my torches, so to get it this vivid I had to push the stainless to its upper temperature limit and then carefully grind back through to reveal purple and gold layers underneath for contrast.

See also my other lobster sculptures: Red Lobster, Pepsi Lobster, Striped Lobster.

This metal blue lobster sculpture is wall hanging, made entirely of stainless steel, colored using only heat patinas, and is safe to be kept outdoors!