Light catcher

After completing my earlier assemblage piece with the wheels and suspended crystal I am a bit hooked; and so I thought I might turn this into a small series of assemblage sculptures that have a mechanistic look but incorporate a crystal. Apart from the contrast the focus is on the crystal which can catch the light and either just reflect the light and softly glitter or will refract the light and cast fragments of white light or create rainbows if placed in a spot that can catch the sunlight.

Anyway I started this piece with the above old unusually shaped bunsen burner - in not such great shape. You can see I have added a double wheeled brass roller and an old rusted caster wheel. I have made good use of my tap and die set as I cut the caster wheel rod down and threaded it. I then cut the end off the gas inlet pipe on the burner bent it and threaded the inside of it so the rod of the wheel screwed straight into the inlet pipe. Having ground the pipe of the double brass roller down to fit inside the burner pipe I again used the tap and die to create a screw fitting to make sure it was all secure.

I think the photos above indicate it has turned out well. Just need a ledge and a sunny day.