Stainless Walleye sculpture - Steve Nielsen Art

In this video I will show you behind the scenes of building a stainless steel walleye sculpture. Built from hammering 16 gauge stainless steel.

[@narimantasb8196]

this is absolutely unbelievable. I wish you to make more of your pieces for us to watch. They're absolutely amazing 😊🙏

[@frankarteaga5249]

Fantastic work. Congrats on winning the international metal award on your eagle. It's a piece of art. I love it. You make our little town of oroville proud.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you, much appreciated!

[@turbokeene]

Being a metal art guy myself, I can really appreciate how much time, effort and art that has gone into this beautiful piece. 10/10 👌

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you! I appreciate it. Most can't comprehend the time it takes.

[@tomvana4270]

I fish primarily for Walleye and that is hands down the coolest piece of metal work I have ever seen. Awesome work.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you Tom!

[@kenschoening4809]

That is so cool. The art is incredible. Yes! Well worth the 750 hours! Good Job my Friend.👍🎸

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you, Ken. I'm working on a stainless barracuda right now that will be polished as well. Should be polishing in the next 3 weeks or so.

[@newalla344]

True art work, thank you for making something everyone can enjoy.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@MrEstebanisrael]

i´m welder ...you are awesome

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you so much!!

[@darrellolsen1204]

Stunning work 😎👏

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you sir! I love your work too!

[@John94709]

This is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Incredible work!

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Much appreciated John, thank you!

[@alanm3438]

I had to watch it again. I have done a lot of metal art but yours is much better. Very life like and very high quality!!!!!😃😃😃

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@SteveNielsenArt]

I post frequent updates on my IG page instagram.com/stevenielsenart

[@alanm3438]

@@SteveNielsenArt Some of my art is on my KZbin channel Alan Inu No Tomodachi. I wish I had your skill.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

@@alanm3438 thanks you and I'll check it out.

[@armandojarrosay7965]

Hola ..amigo he visto muchos muchos trabajos.pero como el tuyo ninguno ..no te puedo felicitar ..porque usted está en el nivel dios... Es impresionante..si le puedo conceder todo mis respetos...saludos ...para mí tiene el # one.. saludos

[@mrbeans9744]

you are diamond mate, such class

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you!

[@3343richard]

Absolutely super effing finish on that piece. Awesome.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you Richard. After building it, It took me a solid 6 weeks to sand and polish it. A lot of the body had become work hardened. So imagine starting with 80 grit and it would barely cut the stainless. Lol. Eventually once I worked my way up to 1000 grit. It polished on the buffer pretty easily.

[@mobilityconnectioninc.1137]

Much respect on the time and effort put into this incredible work of art.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you!! I greatly appreciate it!

[@seema141970]

You are so damn skilled and hard working. Salute to you.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you!🙏🏼

[@metalfish66]

Great Work!! Beautiful .

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you! Much appreciated!

[@Jeanclaudevanderfield]

Great attention to detail! Wish I had your tool set up!!

[@SteveNielsenArt]

I appreciate the kind words Jean. Sorry for the late response.

[@wjtwjt1889]

Steve is the master at what he does..Bad ass walleye

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you!

[@armamdojarrosay4543]

Mister my english is not so good..but I want to tell you something.is the best work that I never see it before..BEAUTIFUL. Thank.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you sir. I appreciate your kind words!

[@brentthierry1769]

Hello from France , thanks for charing your Art ..with my little means i try to do something différent like you because it s soo easy to copy ..I see you like a form of inspiration and posibilty to bee perfectable in my art of living ..it s one of the meanings art .....it s a part of oneself offered to the world ..the nature is a great source of inspiration 👍

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you for your message. I love creating something from flat stainless, and giving it life through detailed metal shaping work. I show a lot of step by step metal shaping on my other pages. You can find me on Instagram under SteveNielsenArt or FB at SteveNielsenArtist

[@gariaveria5433]

I wish I could get into this type of hobby! That planishing hammer is awesome! I wasn’t sure they’d work on 16ga stainless!!! Amazing metal working

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Most hammers dont have the power and options to switch out different size air units like the TM Technologies airhammers. Check out Kent Whites website at Tinmantech.com

[@SteveNielsenArt]

I always wanted to do it also but never had the time with my prior business. I finally sold my business and switched full time into nothing but metal art work about 8 years ago. This is what I do 7 days a week.. lol

[@gariaveria5433]

@@SteveNielsenArt are you from the us?

[@SteveNielsenArt]

@@gariaveria5433 yes, northern California.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

You can see what I do day to day was with my work at Instagram.com/stevenielsenart or Facebook.com/SteveNielsenArtist

[@caotrien458]

wonderful bro

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you!!

[@wallyknew]

Great sculpture, out of a hard material to manipulate too-stainless steel-terrific work.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Much appreciated, it was a labor of love.

[@stevemackelprang8472]

Beautiful work!

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you Steve! Greatly appreciated.

[@markoyalex]

congrats!! amazing work

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you

[@KD21.]

Beautiful work

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you!

[@courtfowler2871]

awesome work

[@SteveNielsenArt]

COURT FOWLER thank you!!👍🏻

[@TheWolfgangfritz]

Absolutely Magnificent!

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you Egon! Much appreciated sir!👍🏼

[@pablomercado8807]

Great job! May I ask you how thick are the metal sheets that you use?

[@armandojarrosay7965]

No me canso de ver este video

[@Psixolog_1972]

Please tell me, how do you cut metal patterns?

[@SteveNielsenArt]

On one off projects like this wallet, I cut everything with a small 4" imitation beverly shear. I've been looking for a used larger beverly shear. Works great for clean cuts.

[@johnwilkinson5718]

Omg that is amazing

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you John!

[@cajunsphinxgaming1759]

Those polishing skills tho!

[@passionateoutdoors7217]

Wow unbelievable! We’re u purging the inside when welding?

[@SteveNielsenArt]

All hand shaped with a hammer, post dollies and a pneumatic powered airhammer.

[@husseinvirani]

Amazing

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you

[@krislarsen6546]

How expensive do you think to make a solid stainless steel sculpture would be. Not to mention heavy it'd probably be at least a hundred pounds probably more

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Hi Kris, sorry I didn't see your question until now. Honestly, solid stainless would be very time consuming. Also extremely heavy, depending on the size. Last I checked stainless was still over $4. Per pound. So you could imagine how expensive it could be.

[@BrutusMetalArt]

I love you work! Just subt.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you!

[@ravichudasama6109]

Bro no 1

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you!

[@MrTrevers99]

How much would somthing like that cost?

[@SteveNielsenArt]

They vary a lot, depending on what each customer wants in detail. To be honest this particular piece took me a lot longer than any fish I've done previously. Just under 800 hrs. That said most people dont have the budget for this level of work and they Settle for something less expensive. If your interested you can email me to go over the options. [e-mail]

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Feel free to email me about different options and prices. [e-mail]

[@zacholson3429]

800 hours? That is just wow. Very awesome

[@SteveNielsenArt]

@@zacholson3429 yeah being 16ga stainless steel and dealing with it becoming work hardened while I was shaping it, really set me back. If I had some heavier equipment rated to shrink and stretch 16ga stainless, I could save myself a lot of time and hard work. But we are talking about 14k for two machines I'd need. Eventually I'll get there. Also once the body was finished, I invested roughly 6 weeks just in metal finishing, sanding, and polishing. Sanding and polishing stainless is 10x more work than aluminum, and work hardened stainless is probably at least twice the work than non work hardened stainless steel.

[@hamdanjan5320]

hi, goray what is the name of the bending machine which you are using ? (the one u are using to bend the stomach )

[@SteveNielsenArt]

That's a TM Technologies airhammer. It utilizes different size air units that are easily swapped out from soft hitting up to very hard hitting. I use a large air until for shaping, and a smaller unit for planishing (smoothing out) the metal once I have my desired shapes. Can see more about them at Tinmantech.com ask for Kent White.

[@lucvanleeuwen605]

Sick man! What press are you using? And how thick is your stainless?

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you. I use 16ga stainless. The airhammer is from TM Technologies, designed by master metal shaper Kent White. You can read more on his site at Tinmantech.com

[@tomthompson7400]

as fine as ive seen

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you Tom!

[@KD21.]

Do you think you can do two ark angels using gold?

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Anything is possible. Shoot me an email with more details. [e-mail]

[@tomdrexel112]

Hi Steve, amazing work. I'm new to working with stainless steel and am curious to know if you prefer working with 303 ss or 304 ss. Also, are you electropolishing your pieces? The details and finish are immaculate.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Hi Tom, to be honest I usually hit the stainless scrap pile on a lot of these that are one off builds. The local metal supply company had huge scrap piles I'll pick through. The only problem is theres no way to know what grade of stainless I'm getting.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Also I start with 80 grit on the welded areas then worked my way up to 1200 grit before going to the compound on a buffing wheel. It's a ton of work. I had 6 solid weeks working 7 days a week sanding and polishing that piece once it was built.

[@tomdrexel112]

@@SteveNielsenArt There's a place that I go to and they have an "Artists Corner", lol. I researched enough and found 303/304 is virtually the same, minus a slightly better corrosion resistance. If it's art though...

[@tomdrexel112]

@@SteveNielsenArt I could tell you worked hard on that piece. It came out great. Thank you for the tips and replies!

[@drumuniverse-w6s]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🔥

[@alanm3438]

😮😮😮

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you!🙏

[@dimooonz]

красиво

[@kurkgarro2341]

WOW

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you. 👍🏼

[@РусланЯкубов-я4о]

Лайк 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jvon3885]

I have questions. It may not be in your market but I'm designing stainless water pipes. I'm looking to see just how detailed I can get with it. From this it seems the sky is the limit. If you are interested I would like to chat privately so I can disclose some of my 3D renders to see if what I'm after is even possible.

[@SteveNielsenArt]

If you want you can message me on my fb account @ Facebook.com/stevenielsenart

[@CONEHEADDK]

I know - with your skills and the right tools/machines, it's "just" about making the right drawings aso, but it's still pretty fuckin' nie work. The amount of "barely fish-looking" fish art out there has depressed me over the years, and then this comes up.. Hope (and expect) you also make some good cash by doing this, because the amount of "mommy at home-art" popping up everywhere "for free", is absurd, even though very many people seem to live by the same quality screening as kids getting tattoos: "It's better than I could do it, so I'm happy with it" for a while... Thumbs up from Denmark

[@SteveNielsenArt]

Thank you for the kind words. Reading this has made my day! You'd be surprised how many people actually get offended when I tell them how much something like this cost to build. Yes I've collected tools and equipment to make building pieces like this possible, but it still took months! Every tool I own was bought and paid for from building art commissions. Many months of donated hours on top of what I agreed to do each piece for, in order to continue learning and growing with each project. I've now been a full time artist for 8 years and I'm finally getting paid what I should. I have a lot of sculptures, that I havent made time to create videos of. However I do post a lot of the process on my IG and FB pages. If you are on IG, Instagram.com/stevenielsenart look me up. Thanks again! Also very cool to hear from someone in Denmark. My grandparents on my dads side both came to America in the 1950s-60s. Non of us have ever been there and dont even know who are relatives are. I remember my grandfather saying he grew up in Copenhagen.

[@CONEHEADDK]

@@SteveNielsenArt I'll be back with a longer answer, but here's one an artist I know uses, when "the mob" asks, how long did it take to make.?" "An hour - and 40 years to learn how to do it".

[@SteveNielsenArt]

@@CONEHEADDK I like that!