OH MY!! That is just amazing!!!!

Malcolm is the sweetest praying mantis & perfect color too! I find 1 occasionally in my yard & enjoy watching them. Against the law to kill one & who would want to, they kill the bad bugs!! He looks like the real deal!! Great job!! Jan

That is FANTASTIC!!

oh he is so cool loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee him great job

What is the serrated stuff attached to the rebar? Did your husband weld it together? In my dreams, this city girl will find everything to make one - umm- not likely:(

Oh my! That is amazing! The bottle part is just fantastic - what a perfect find!

Yes, his arms have old saw blades welded to them!

WOW>>>>>WOW>>>>>and WOW!!!!! He's awesome.

I was prepared for 'amazing' but this is SPECTACULAR! Love Malcolm! Methinks dh has outdone himself this time. Now, if only Malcolm would fly away to my house, lol.

blessings,
~digger

wow ........that is BEYOND cool ....

Marlene, Marcolm is marvelous and so is your husband for creating such an amazing mantis. Marylee

WOW! Malcolm is HUGE ... AMAZING ... & I am above his 'color' right now w/envy! What an imagination...creativity...you & DH had for this one! Glad you ID'd some of the parts! That glass neck/throat area...ingenious! WOW! & another use for those recycled curly cues! LOL! TFS, marlene! Tell hubby,it's stupendous!!! Jeanne s.

I LOVE him! What a great thing for your
DH to make for your garden. The mix of
glass and metal is awesome.
The preying mantis is one of my 'most'
favorite garden bugs. We had them when
I was growing up, but rarely seen in my
community now. I brought some from Indiana
(also brought walking sticks and
grandaddy longlegs)
and had them for awhile here, but haven't
seen one lately.

THAT is to die for! That is not garden junk, that is garden art! I definitely can find an old bicycle seat and we have ALL kinds of farm junk around, so I'll start searching, and my husband can weld. I agree that the color is perfect.

One of the very best I've ever seen. Know y'all will love it for years and years.

Rosie, Sugar Hill, GA

I showed this to people at work - they were VERY impressed. Actually I showed alot pictures from this site and people loved all ideas.

Good Job! He must be amazing to see in person!!!

What a remarkable specimen! He is beautiful for a mantis. Such thought and care went into his making. TYFS Jlily

There is little left to say about this marvelous creation.
The first mistake I made when constructing a mantid was in the leg count (I gave him an extra set, not counting the "weapons" as a pair of legs). I am very impressed at the mix of materials. Excellent piece.

Robert

so very cool!

Marlene- I am going to start collecting materials to try to build something similar to this. Can you provide me with the dimensions--lengths of the different body parts? I will probably be using different materials but want to get the proportions similar to your praying mantis, as I think it looks correct to the eye.

I love it!

Malcolm stands about 5 feet tall. His face is an old bicycle seat and his belly is a large glass bottle we found at Hobby Lobby. The bottle is about 24 inches tall and we went from there. We used pictures from the internet to gauge the rest of his body parts. My DH welded his skeleton together and we used light globes for his neck and saw blades welded together for his forearms. His eyes are old kitchen spoon utensils.

Hope that helps. We found it helpful to go from his belly size since that was the first piece we bought and we just kind of eyeballed the rest until it looked right to us.

Good luck!

I'm in love! Such a great sculpture.

This creation is awesome!!!! Your a very lucky women!

WANT!!!!!!!!!

Wow, he's amazing!

this is awesome. I wish my husband had time to weld something like this?