nature provides inspiration
Working with stainless could only be described as a labour of love for retired engineer and designer Allen Minogue. After a 25 year career with ASSDA Accredited Townsend Group, Mr Minogue continues to work with stainless steel, creating larger than life sculptures from the material. His latest creation, The Jumping Barramundi, has been a year in production, stands 1.125m high and weighs 75kg.
Mr Minogue said he had spent quite a bit of time in Darwin and the Kimberley, which has inspired much of his work, including the dancing brolgas featured in Australian Stainless. “I look for ideas in nature and I couldn’t resist the lure of this iconic NT fish,” Mr Minogue said.
The sculpture features an internal stainless steel frame with a fibreglass body. Over 2000 scales were cut from .55mm thick grade 316 stainless steel, which were hand polished and screwed to the fibreglass body. The head, tail and fins were cast from 316 stainless, sandblasted and polished.
Mr Minogue works exclusively with stainless steel, which he sources from ASSDA Member Dalsteel Metals Pty Ltd.
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