Workspace

Does anyone else's workspace look like this?

The back of a fish

How much effort should one put into the back side of a sculpture?  One that will hang on a wall so that the back won't be seen.  Shaping the metal plate is so difficult.  I can heat and heat and heat the metal, but the shape of the fish seems to dissipate the heat away.  Some kind of magic geometry?  Today I made two cuts in the metal to create a concave shape to the back of the fish.  Many hours... and I'm still wishing for an acetylene torch.

Big Fish

I worked on Mary's second fish today, it is a gift for her son - an avid fisherman on Vancouver Island.  After pounding out the second half of the body of this 3 foot salmon, I discovered that I had pounded out the wrong side.  Nearly two hours of pounding gone to waste.  My wrist isn't happy today.  The second attempt did not turn out as smooth, but there are some nice marks in it anyway.  Today I welded the two halves together.  It's a big fish!