Highwater Strongbox

5" x 9" x5" hinged, latched bronze box opens to panels to reveal interior composition of antique and recycled glass beads.

Buildings

The building series was inspired by the barns and outbuildings in the countryside around our home in Northern Illinois.
Each original welded bronze construction is oxidized (colored) with a hot process patina.

Lifeboat Building
41"(H) x 24"(W) x 7"(D)

Lifeboat Building
additional view

Old Gold Building
11"(H) x 12"(W) x 4.5"(D)

Red Stripe Building
17"(H) x 15"(W) x 7"(D)

Seeside Building
18"(H) x 22"(W) x 7"(D)

Storm Panel Building
18"(H) x 22"(W) x 7"(D)

     Building #10 (left)
          22"(H) x 20"(W) x 7"(D) 
     Thorn Tower (above middle)
          21"(H) x 9"(W) x 9"(D)   
     Thorn Top Building (above right)
          21"(H) x 20"(W) x 6"(D)    

Wheelhouse series

The Wheelhouse series consists of rolling houses with personalities.  They are depictions of shelter and mobility.
They are built for change and fueled by the discontent that comes with the territory of human experience-
the discontent that  moves us to better times and better places.

Revolutionary Wheelhouse
10"(H) x 15"(W) x 9"(D)
welded bronze, hot patina, rubber wheel

Ark Parked with Sharks
12"(H) x 12"(W) x 12"(D)
welded bronze, hot patina, stone grinding wheels

Little Wheelhouse with Rolling Dance Floor for Those Who Love Action
private collection

Perpendicular Wheelhouse for Those Who Prefer Stability
private collection

Wheelhouse Hitched
private collection

Wheelhouse
artist's collection

Forged Bronze Boats

These pieces are heated and hammered from one flat bronze plate.  Each end has a welded seam that is ground to an edge.  The base is solid bronze with copper chain to "cradle" the boat flat or at an angle.  There is a great tactile quality to these vessels, handling them off the base is another aspect of engagement.

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Bronze Buckets

Each vessel in this series is a welded, forged and patinated bronze construction.

Please email mcleanbronze@comcast.net or call 815-363-0668 for available work in this series.

Blockheads

Bronze, copper, patina, glass block, 6" x 5" x 9"

Please call 815-363-0668 or email mcleanbronze@comcast.net for available work in this series.

Balance Vessels

Strength in balance- in stillnes or motion.  Each forged, welded, and patinated bronze vessel balances from bronze pegs in a copper chain cradle base.

Please email mcleanbronze@comcast.net or call 815-363-0668 for available work in this series.

Balance Vessel with Bead
4.5"(H) x 9"(W) x 3"(D)
welded bronze, hot patina, antique spindle whorl, copper chain

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