Two-Stem Base

The second part of the two compositions of Alliums nears completion.

Bending pipe: Time Lapse

Big Allium complete

In a new light

The giant Allium flower in a different light. Colors of the surroundings are picked up in the shiny buds.

Finished Allium Leaves

A look at the finished stainless steel leaf shapes for the bases of the two sculptures.

wrestling with metal | Time Lapse

Bending, grinding, and welding the pipe to form the abstract leaf shapes

Allium leaf

At the base of the two large Allium sculptures will be an abstract leaf form which spirals over to the smaller allium composition.

6-foot diameter Allium head

Another look....

The Large Allium Sphere

Just under 6 feet in diameter, the largest of the Allium spheres takes shape. I have suspended it about 12-feet high in the breezeway to observe the subtle wind generated motion of the star shapes, and to get a sense of the large scale of the composition.

four finished blooms

Allium flower heads

hammering and assembling

full sphere

About 200 welded rods create the flower sphere.