The first three hearts are part of a new series that I started creating in October of 2011.  I've make a number of hearts over the past 10 years using drops, leftover metal pieces, but these are an entirely new process created from recycled metal shelving.  These are suitable for inside or outside your home or business.  I'll be creating their own page in the near future as I create more samples that will be available at this year's fine art shows.

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Here's a great installation of seven of our latest hearts at the Side Door at 425 SE Washington Street in Portland, Oregon.  I installed them with the largest piece in the center graduated to the left and right to the smallest works.  Note the added detail to the immediate left and right of the large center heart.
Here's a group of three hearts that I just completed the finish on.  The center one is a new style of standing heart.  I used orange shelving with strips of diamond plate between each strip.  There's a surprise in the heat's rear where I created a face from a variety of tools. While I like them all, I really like the read heart with the aluminum diamond plate that is rivited to the heart's rear.
The horizontal heart is about 14 inches tall by 12 inches wide and three inches thick.  I've stitch welded the seams between the red and blue shelving strings and welded the entire outside edge.  It's finished with two coats of paste wax to a nice shine.
This great shadow box heart is about 18 inches tall by 16 inches wide and four inches deep.  I've added plumbing inside the shadow box that I've created from bicycle gears, steel rod, copper springs, and old rusted pipe.  It's completely sealed with two coats of wax.
This is our candy box heart.  It's about 14 inches tall and 12 inches wide and three inches thick.  Note the welding stitching between the green and red slats.  I rubbed steel wool over the front and sides and then added two coats of wax that I buffed to a nice shine.
This is "Before Coffee". It really came to me during a moment while I was making our morning pot of coffee. We had some great coffee pot parts, an old guide off a table saw, and part of a light fixture. Some red paint really set these off on the heart that is about 4 feet tall and 18 inches wide at the top. This piece has been adopted. Currently, this piece is on billboards throughout Oregon as part of advertising of the Salem Arts Festival.
Sparky is one of our smaller hearts. This guy is about 16 inches tall by 10 inches wide and stands 2 inches off the wall. Plumbing connects through the spark plug. This little guy has been adopted.
I love the shape of this orange heart with yellow spots. It's about 24" tall by 24" wide. It's approximately 2" off the wall and just gorgeous.
Ok. Sophie has a big heart. She's been my new shop manager for the past two years and she's just a sweet girl.
Tail feather is one of my favorite color combinations. It's about 48" tall and 16" wide and about 2" thick. It looks great in the photo but amazing in person.
This green heart is about 36" wide and 30" tall. It has great color, and I used a pot strainer for the insert. It's a wonderful piece that a great family adopted.