The name is a joke you have to say twice. “Water Out of Fish” flips the old phrase on its head, and the piece has the same wink to it: a fish built entirely from things that never belonged near water in the first place.
I made it from salvaged and found materials, each one carrying its own history. The base is a block of charred reclaimed wood. A copper rod rises out of it to hold a light wood plaque, and into that plaque I carved a sun with a natural knot at its center and rays fanning down, cut from old guitar strings. The fish itself is the fun part. Its head is a quarter that was laid on a railroad track and flattened by a passing train. Its eye is a copper penny I shaped by hand. The body is a pine cone that got squished into just the right shape. A small copper plate at the base with my maker’s mark is pinned down with two star-headed tacks. Nothing here was bought new, and no two pieces I make ever come out the same.
Standing about a foot tall, it works on a shelf, a mantel, a desk, or a windowsill, anywhere it can catch the light and start a conversation. It is a genuine one-of-a-kind for anglers, folk-art lovers, upcycled-art collectors, and anyone who appreciates a good pun made solid. If you are shopping for the person who has everything, this is something they almost certainly do not.
One-of-a-kind mixed-media fish sculpture, handmade from reclaimed and found materials
Charred reclaimed-wood base with a hand-carved sun and eye motif
Fish head made from a real quarter flattened by a train
Eye hand-shaped from a copper penny
Body from a squished pine cone with guitar-string details
Copper rod stand and copper accent plate
About 14 inches tall, plaque roughly 8 inches wide
The name is a joke you have to say twice. “Water Out of Fish” flips the old phrase on its head, and the piece has the same wink to it: a fish built entirely from things that never belonged near water in the first place.
I made it from salvaged and found materials, each one carrying its own history. The base is a block of charred reclaimed wood. A copper rod rises out of it to hold a light wood plaque, and into that plaque I carved a sun with a natural knot at its center and rays fanning down, cut from old guitar strings. The fish itself is the fun part. Its head is a quarter that was laid on a railroad track and flattened by a passing train. Its eye is a copper penny I shaped by hand. The body is a pine cone that got squished into just the right shape. A small copper plate at the base with my maker’s mark is pinned down with two star-headed tacks. Nothing here was bought new, and no two pieces I make ever come out the same.
Standing about a foot tall, it works on a shelf, a mantel, a desk, or a windowsill, anywhere it can catch the light and start a conversation. It is a genuine one-of-a-kind for anglers, folk-art lovers, upcycled-art collectors, and anyone who appreciates a good pun made solid. If you are shopping for the person who has everything, this is something they almost certainly do not.
One-of-a-kind mixed-media fish sculpture, handmade from reclaimed and found materials
Charred reclaimed-wood base with a hand-carved sun and eye motif
Fish head made from a real quarter flattened by a train
Eye hand-shaped from a copper penny
Body from a squished pine cone with guitar-string details
Copper rod stand and copper accent plate
About 14 inches tall, plaque roughly 8 inches wide
