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Dragonfly No 29
Completed September 17, 2020
This is a one of a kind, handmade mechanical Dragonfly made from the recycled parts of old watches.
His wings are made from a beautifully engraved 1880's era Elgin antique watch dial that has been cut, sanded, and curved into wing shapes, along with a gear and watch jewel for both structure and embellishment.
His legs were created with many different watch winding stems that have been cut into various sizes and soldered at the leg joints using silver bearing solder.
His body is a couple of watch plates, balance wheels, and bearings soldered to a strap string at the thorax.
His head is a cut, sanded and shaped watch dial to which is soldered two identical winding stem crowns for eyes.
He alights on a recycled brass rod base that has been curved and soldered and that acts as a stand.
There is no glue or resin to be found in the piece...everything is soldered into place with metal. This is a one of a kind work of art, never to be exactly reproduced.
His dimension are 76mm wide, 50mm front to back, 87mm tall. He is extremely fragile and should be handled sparingly and very gently, and is most definitely not a toy.
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Who can resist a dragonfly? Nicely done.