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Howling Metal, Dronfield (2026)

15/05/2026

👨‍🏭👨‍🏭👨‍🏭All The Gear emblem.

I made this one as a gift for the boys on the YouTube channel called . I met up with Ethan at Shedfest who had some tools for me for a little side project of his own which I will do a separate post for (once complete of course)

Absolutely awesome day out and meeting someone who I watch all the time was wicked. He was an outstandingly lovely bloke.

I made this one using rebar to create the outer diamond shape. I have a draw of large old nails that made the perfect backing. Their logo is like the topography of a map that I tried to replicate. I then made some letters to go over the top the stood out from the backing to give it a more 3 dimensional look. I used a few different tools for those. I especially like the brass handle from a screwdriver for the letter T. It is mounted to the base using a spanner that I had heated up in the forge and twisted for no other reason than a bit of fun. The base is a large gear that I have no idea where I got it from but it's very appropriate.

Anyway, I'm sure you will hear about my court trial for using their logo in my video.

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10/05/2026

👨‍🏭👨‍🏭👨‍🏭The Spinner Fish.

This creation can be spun around due to the main body of the fish being based on a giant vintage hand drill. I wanted to keep the feature of head of the drill to be able to spin. It makes it fun to move him around.

The base which he's mounted on is a old engine rocker cover from Ford Es**rt MK3. What I like about it is it can be displayed both ways with one side that has a wavey edge and the other is a straight edge. This also works with the fish as that can be displayed in any direction so it can be changed around or you can pick your favourite combination!

What type of fish is he I hear you say? Well you will find them in scrapyards, hiding away in the under the bonnets of half dismantled cars that are piled up 10 high. Very shy as you can see he's not the prettiest.

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19/04/2026

👨‍🏭👨‍🏭👨‍🏭 The garden orb.

Meet Roy. All will be explained. This was made to go in our front garden as a centre piece to our 4 new veg beds. The big orb central orb is made from whiskey barrel bands, or hoops for their correct terminology. These are galvanised and already have rusty patches on, we are hoping as time goes on these will change and get more and more rusty so it will develop over time in interesting ways.

As a feature to go on the top what would be known as a finial, I have made one using a valve from an engine. Some form of stone masons tool for the spike and I have formed some thick nails into the bulbus pear like shape. These will rust very nicely!

We then drilled a hole into a big stone we have had for a while. I used a wood auger drill to stand the orb on and it has a cool spiral to it and this slots into the stone to finally mount the orb in its resting position.

So as for the name Roy. We have obviously named it Roy Orbison.

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17/04/2026

👨‍🏭👨‍🏭👨‍🏭 The garden orb.

Meet Roy. All will be explained. This was made to go in our front garden as a centre piece to our 4 new veg beds. The big orb central orb is made from whiskey barrel bands, or hoops for their correct terminology. These are galvanised and already have rusty patches on, we are hoping as time goes on these will change and get more and more rusty so it will develop over time in interesting ways.

As a feature to go on the top what would be known as a finial, I have made one using a valve from an engine. Some form of stone masons tool for the spike and I have formed some thick nails into the bulbus pear like shape. These will rust very nicely!

We then drilled a hole into a big stone we have had for a while. I used a wood auger drill to stand the orb on and it has a cool spiral to it and this slots into the stone to finally mount the orb in its resting position.

So as for the name Roy. We have obviously named it Roy Orbison.

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12/04/2026

2 years of Howling metal.

What a mighty year it has been. I did this for my first year and it was a great way of looking back on what I have made. I found you forget what you have done as you crack on with the next projects so it's nice to take a moment.

So this past year has had some cool things. My first would be purchasing a small gas forge that has allowed me to shape and forge spanners and metal to form new interesting shapes that still remain recognisable but add another dimension into my creations. It's like leveling up and you can be even more creative with ideas and push your limits a bit more. I have learned so much just by playing and seeing what happens if you try something. It may work. It may not, but that's the fun part.

I took part in my first exhibition that was Derbyshire open arts. The amount of people from friends and family who came to support was incredible, the amount of people who didn't know who took the time to visit our venue was amazing. It was a great first experience into that side of things considering the part like like doing is the making so that is just an added bonus.

Another exciting part was that I visited a gallery in Sheffield which was a really cool space that featured local artists work that was for sale along side a cafe. I had a chat with someone there who suggested I email the owner. Long story short, the chap who ran the place wanted a few pieces of my work to put up for sale. I was ecstatic for the opportunity and I am extremely grateful. Since then though the place has unfortunately decided to shut its doors.

There have been plenty of other brilliant things which have happened but far too many to fit on one post! I have had a blast and I look forward to what the coming year holds!

Howling Metal.

08/02/2026

👨‍🏭👨‍🏭👨‍🏭Howling Metal Austin mini door sign.

So I wanted to make a sign for any events I do in the future. But of course it had to be something that ties in with what I do. I bought a rear door from an Austin mini minivan. I really like the pickup trucks of yesteryear that had sign writing to advertise their businesses on their doors. I adapted an existing logo I had done to be more traditional and which I included the larch tree which overlooks the garage I do my creation in. I have also forged a spanner for a direction arrow to hang in the window frame as I thought it was more like an old shop sign.

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I'll also use this post as a spring board about an event I shall be doing on the 23rd- 25th of May. As Derbyshire open arts isn't taking place a number of artists will be doing a similar style even in Coal Aston during that weekend. The local village hall and people's homes will be open to exhibit art with the one of the pubs also looking to get involved. I'm sure plenty more will be announced. As it's still in the early stages. There is limited info available but I shall posting updates as more become available, please feel free to message if it's something you would like to be involved in or would like to know more.

So for the 23rd-25th of May. Keep your eyes peeled for my new sign on Bents Lane, Coal Aston and come say hello!

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25/01/2026

👨‍🏭👨‍🏭👨‍🏭 Bills bike!

This one began when I purchased a vintage letter stamp. When I took it apart the company bears the name of is "Bill Lomas Motorcycles Limited." So what else could I make from it other than a motorbike! I have found out that they are not far away in clay cross and are still in business. Involved in motorcycles since the 1930's and became a business in 1955. Bill Lomas being twice world champion and twice Isle of man winner!

I used one of the stamping plate halves as the front headlight. I preserved and kept in clear view the second part behind the front wheel. One part I really like is with the handle of the stamp in the "pressed" position, makes the bike seat. One of my favorite parts is the fuel tank that I shaped from a piece of old tubular frame with the nut that is on there as the fuel cap. Sitting just infront I have squeezed some dials in which are a speedo and a rev counter.

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11/01/2026

👨‍🏭👨‍🏭👨‍🏭👨‍🏭Heart sculpture, "Operation cold heart"

Right, let's get the nerdy but extremely cool thing out of the way. You could call it the heart of the sculpture... it is made from a Tornado fighter jet RB199 jet engine's purge valve assembly.

The vaguely anatomical heart sits upon a geared mechanism which is the first ever piece I have created with a moving element to it. By spinning the end by hand, the heart rotates a full 360°. I have used a vintage hand drill laid on its side that converts horizontal rotation into vertical. I wanted to do this as a sculpture that can be viewed from all angles. It's also a fun interactive element for people to get involved with.

I have tried to use as many red parts as I could find to build up the exterior without painting any myself so that limited the parts I could use that I had to hand. Some of these include parts of a retired set of bolt cutters, the latch from a Jerry can and some red spanners.

Of my favorite aspects is the purge valve and all the tiny plaques, lettering and hand engraved part numbers, I have kept them all as visible as possible. It has flow direction arrows also which is very much how a real heart works so there is a great connection there.

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