Big Metal Things

Gadget's Reindeer (now painted white and covered in Christmas lights) come out for a brief stint at the Los Angeles Music Center between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, as they do each year.

Over the past 15 years, they have been found grazing in the water at the Mark Taper Forum, and in the interior of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

They were based on the wildlife paintings of Carl Rungius.

This year we discovered that the stag's horns had been bent down (most likely by years of incorrect storage), and we are going to send an offer to correct them, as the stag is very grand and he looked a bit peaked this year...
Fun Fact: Gadget's "given name" is enscribed on the base of each sculpture, but is hidden by Christmas flocking and other holiday trappings.

Some of the public art Gadget has fabricated and engineered over the years (under his given name) include:

-MTA station sculptures (Long Beach station, artist Sally Weber, and Redondo Beach station, artist Carl Cheng);

-the Chatsworth Metro-Link Gateway Arch, artist John Okulick and other works for John Okulick for the City of Brea;

-Hammer Clock, artist Daniel Martinez; City of Anaheim;

-Nails/Anvils & Chumash canoe, artist Nabohu Nagasawa for the downtown Anaheim renovation;

-Hope Street termination area sculpture Rise and the Chumash Canoe for the City of Ventura main parking structure, artists Blue McWright/Warren Wagner;

-a 12' steel rose for a Japanese band's concert in New York's Central Park (now residing in Tokyo), artist, Fu-Ding Cheng;

-the 20' tall "Needle and Spool" jutting from the corner of a building at the 12th Street Fabric District, artist David Veneszky.

The Giant Spool, now residing in Los Angeles Garment District (along with its friend, the Giant Needle). They jut out from the upstairs corner of a two story building.

Fun Fact: Rosie (Gadget's dearly departed Old Lady guard dog), used to jump 8 feet high - pretty much straight up in the air!

The largest hand sculpture in the world, an MTA commission, idea by artist Danny Martinez - engineered, fabricated, and installed by Reverend Gadget! TM

Twice as large as the hands on the Statue of Liberty and even larger than the (former) Saddam's "Hands Over the Highway" in Iraq.

A view of the "Hand" in progress, viewed from the roof of Gadget's shop, 15 feet off the ground at this height.

Pictures of the Hand being lifted. Gives you a sense of scale.

Gadget, at street level, the Hand, installed, on the MTA train overpass. A job well done!

Gadget created the scale of the project from his own hands. "This is a larger version of my own thumb..."

This is a large metal version of a Chumash canoe hanging off the main parking structure in Ventura.

It's made from perforated steel with paddles of woven wire. There are three solar panels above the piece which store power to light it at night.

This is actually Gadget's second Chumash canoe; the first was for the City of Anaheim.

Chumash canoe installation.

This rose was build for a Japanese rock band. It was for their concert in Central Park, NY where this picture was taken. It has since been moved to a park just outside of Tokyo.

This large hammer head is made entirely from 1/8th inch stainless steel plate. Gadget formed all the pieces by hand, then seam welded them. It is part of a large installation for the City of Anaheim.