Mini Planes

Just a quick update on what Im up to. I have made 50 tin daffodils for a foundation art project, pictures will be up when its done. For the past week I have been been cutting out tiny tin planes in the hope of making a few kinetic toys. Like the larger plane I made the templates and measurements are from the Hobby Craft book "Toys from Tins".

Daffodils

Instead of buying the usual pot of tete-a-tetes this mothers day I opted to make my own longer lasting variety. The flower is made from three pieces riveted together through the centre, the cone was soldered on. The stem is a folded strip of tin with the leaves soldered to the base.

Toy Plane

Design from the book "Hobby Craft Toys from Tins". Sprayed red with enamel paint with yellow and white detail.

Three Flavours of Mice

I got a little carried away making mice...

(The bottom picture shows three mice just after being spray painted)

Whistles

Whistles I made for an A level project. I used bottle caps from Spitfire ale, good excuse to have a drink! And they do work, honest.

Dials

Eight dial boxes I made for an A level project. All made from donated biscuit tins just like my other work. They were based on old industrial/Sci-Fi control panels.

Metal Mouse

I made this mouse using a paper craft template I found online. I was getting a bit sick of making boxes and thought I would try my hand at something a little more organic. It was only practice, so I am not too bothered about using someone else's design.