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My foundry I cast with, just called and said the first Leafy Sea Dragon sculpture cast PERFECT!!!!!! Now he will move forward with the sea grass base and second free standing leafy sea dragon. I knew my buddy John could do it! Yeeeeeehaw!

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As you might already know, I have done a giant squid bronze in my collection of works. It is about 45" long and 70 lbs.
I hope to one day do, or be commissioned to sculpt a life size squid, which could be 20' to maybe 60 ft. long. I have always thought that one would look so cool mounted just within the tide on a coast someplace. A private owned beach maybe? I picture it being completely covered beneath the sea at high tide. Then as the tide recedes, you can see more and more of this giant squid I had created. So put that word out there if you like. I want to be commissioned to sculpt a huge bronze giant squid!

Thanks for all the comments!

Kirk

New octopus bronze sculpture and or glass top coffee table. Tiled: "CEPHALOPOD"

Limited editon of #20 2011

"I have always been fascinated with nature and the variety of amazing wildlife that exists in it. It is my inspiration! In particular the unusual and unique species. I am also inspired by the beginning of the bronze age of man. I sculpt in a way that shows an emphasis on balance and harmony, movement and rhythm. Every living thing has beauty and I try to show this. I strive to make all of my bronze sculptures fluid, defy gravity, and bring attention to each amazing species that I sculpt. Making a heavy stationary object appear to be light, move, and be filled with life is a challenge for sure. This is what I do. I love the challenge. I hope through my sculpture to bring an awareness of the land and sea around us, to the animals that live here. We must respect and cherish all life and our home Mother Earth. Many people ask me "why bronze?" Bronze lasts forever! I’ve created in most art mediums over the years, but once I discovered bronze I felt connected to it and felt it was the material most appropriate for my art. I love creating pieces of art that have unusual textures and amazing shapes that fill space with movement. To me bronze captures a moment of life and a moment in time forever. If you think about it, many of the amazing sculptures we now cherish, are in awe of, even amazed by, are in bronze and have lasted for centuries because of it. Some of the greatest museum pieces were found at the bottom of our great oceans and are thousands of years old. Once they have been cleaned of crustaceans and barnacles, they remain as they were created all those years ago. When you collect a bronze you not only have insured you have a valuable piece of art and history, you insure you have an investment to pass down to generations to come. Fine art collectors tell me my work makes them happy and that is all I need to hear. In some ways to create in bronze means you are immortalizing your subject as well as yourself. I like to think someone might discover one of my sculptures like a lost treasure, salvaging it from the bottom of the sea. Clean the barnacles off it and enjoy it for generations to come"