I was quite excited when a new gallery asked me to create a dragonfly sculpture. I find dragonflies to be delightful creatures. I was fascinated as a child and still as an adult whenever one darts into my awareness.

I think my favorite part of this metal dragonfly sculpture was the grind detail in the body. It was fun to lay down an initial color fade from blue to silver and then grind a second layer of detail on top of that, fading from orange to silver to create a layered color effect. Once that was done I added on the wings, legs and then popped some ice cream scoops on for eyes and boom, Dragonfly!

I also made a smaller version. See my Small Dragonfly.

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