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Thistles (sold)

November 28, 2017

Thistles are weeds and prickly!  They can easily over grow a pasture.

I was thinking of butterflies and saw a picture of one on a thistle.  I had no idea that so many different thistles existed!  The base is a machinery steering wheel.  Each thistle flower is a coil spring  encircling bed base mesh.  The stems are piping and the leaves are all hand cut with an angle grinder and shaped to simulate barbs.  The base leaves are “fingers” from an old wheat stripper (harvester).  The whole piece is sprayed with Penetrol to inhibit rust and leave a shiny hard laquer like coating.

  • Size
    93 cms high and 50 cms wide
  • Materials
    steel, bed mesh, car seat springs, steel pipe and an old machinery steering wheel.
  • Price
    $110

    Note: All prices are in Australia Dollars (AUD). Also items will vary slightly from what's displayed in the image because every piece is custom made and source materials will vary.

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Thistles are weeds and prickly!  They can easily over grow a pasture.

I was thinking of butterflies and saw a picture of one on a thistle.  I had no idea that so many different thistles existed!  The base is a machinery steering wheel.  Each thistle flower is a coil spring  encircling bed base mesh.  The stems are piping and the leaves are all hand cut with an angle grinder and shaped to simulate barbs.  The base leaves are “fingers” from an old wheat stripper (harvester).  The whole piece is sprayed with Penetrol to inhibit rust and leave a shiny hard laquer like coating.

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