I created this large metal sunflower sculpture for a dear friend of mine and my mother. She specifically requested a sunflower with a butterfly on it. And in order to give the butterfly any detail at all the sunflower had to be pretty large!

So I got to designing! Luckily I had created a smaller sunflower sculpture before so the design elements were familiar to me. All I needed to do was make it larger, a bit more detailed, and figure out a design for a very small butterfly (at least by my standards). For the butterfly I shifted the color spectrum of an existing design that was white with black dots. I decided to make it blue and grind away the dot pattern making them gold and silver. I was quite pleased with how my little butterfly turned out! And I think it added a nice splash of blue to the overall sculpture.

I really liked how these sunflowers turned out. They often seemed to almost glow even though I can't achieve the vibrant yellow present in most sunflowers. Mine lean more towards autumn colors due to my limited heat patina palette. I was pleased with the overall feel of this piece!

If you like this one, take a look at my original Metal Sunflower.

This Large Sunflower sculpture is wall hanging, made entirely of stainless steel, colored using only heat patinas, and must be kept indoors!