Made of recycled curved stainless steel tubing. An interactive giant toy with a pilot seat for riders including addressable LED lighting, fog machine, drum device, and propane-powered flame effects projecting 5 feet from jaws. Exhibited at Luminaires, Vancouver, 2018, and several other venues in Vancouver, Burnaby, and Victoria.
Dimensions: 11 ft high, 14 ft long, 4.5 ft wide.
Recycled aluminum and steel; resin formed nose and reflective polycarbonate lenses. The giant nose and sunglass sculpture is a commentary on social media corporate spying for profit. Currently exhibited in El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA.
Dimensions: 14 ft high x 9 ft x 10 ft.
Weight: Approximately 1,500 lb.
Recycled Volkswagen Beetle body attached to steel legs, claws, and support frame fabricated from aluminum sheet, steel piping, resin, and polymer foam. A whimsical giant spider installation on top of the Makerlabs building 780 East Cordova. Licensed to Low Tide Properties.
Dimensions: 22 ft long by 20 ft wide and 10 ft high.
Representation of a woman on a bike currently installed at the annual Peace Arch Exhibition in Blaine (WA) for 2020. Made from recycled aluminum scrap and antique bicycle.
Designed by Ron Simmer and fabricated by Daniel Stratten of Think Industrial in June 2010. Recycled brass water tanks supported on painted 3/8 square steel tubing rockers.
The sculpture is 15 feet high, 25 feet long, and 8 feet wide, weighing approximately 1,800 lb. Created for the Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition in 2010. Exhibited on Granville Island Creekside for four years.
Price: $21,000
Assembled by Ron Simmer. Arts Alive exhibition, Oak Bay, BC. Size & Weight: Approximately 250 lb. Made of half-inch thick reinforced fiberglass polyester resin. It includes a mini computer-controlled LED light array simulating the beating of a human heart.
Dimensions: Ten feet high and seven feet in diameter.
Budget: $15,000
El Paseo Exhibition, Palm Desert 2013. Fabricated from V12 Engine block, recycled fire extinguishers, and scrap stainless steel tubing.
Dimensions: 7’ x 5’ x 5’
For the “Twisted” Exhibition at the Port Moody Art Centre in February 2014. Fabricated from recycled stainless steel auger, plasma cut stainless plate, 3ft diameter gazing balls. Dimensions: 12’ x 7’ x 6’
Original work rotated by means of an electric motor system for Creekhouse exhibition Granville Island.
A group of whimsical dogs cavorted on the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Theater’s entranceway, in Vancouver, from March to September. Dogs are made of recycled fire extinguishers and are approximately 5 feet long and 3 ft high.
A group of whimsical dogs cavorted on the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Theater’s entranceway, in Vancouver, from March to September. Dogs are made of recycled fire extinguishers and are approximately 5 feet long and 3 ft high.
Welded steel 23-foot tall flowers. Permanent public art installation with the City of Chilliwack for the Evans Road Roundabout consisting of 16-inch diameter steel pipe flower stems holding multicolor, LED illuminated formed steel flower petals.
Large steel spider created from scrap steel tank, pipe, and plastic auto body parts. Its eyes light up at night powered by small solar panels in the head. First exhibited at Peace Arch Sculpture Park 2018.
Inspired by the iconic painting “American Gothic” by Grant Wood depicting a couple with a pitchfork. I created a human-size rendering of a male and female figure out of scrapped tanks and pipe. In my original installation of this work, the curator complained that the pitchfork I used was hazardous. So I had to find a safer fork. I found a movie prop fork that might have been an Italian restaurant fixture so I included it in the assemblage.
Last exhibited at the ReVision Art of Recycling show at Granville Island Creekhouse, 2018
It consists of three abstract vertical elements grouped together in a graceful harmonic presentation. The flowers somewhat resemble candle flames, fabricated from aluminum construction jacks, aluminum poles, and aluminum mesh. The aluminum mesh is fashioned about the spiral poles in a series of graceful arcs. Includes LED lighting.
Dimensions: Approximately 13 feet high.
Exhibited in Summer 2017 for four months in the Peace Arch Sculpture Park in Blaine, Washington.
It consists of three abstract vertical elements grouped together in a graceful harmonic presentation. The flowers somewhat resemble candle flames, fabricated from aluminum construction jacks, aluminum poles, and aluminum mesh. The aluminum mesh is fashioned about the spiral poles in a series of graceful arcs. Includes LED lighting.
Dimensions: Approximately 13 feet high.
Exhibited in Summer 2017 for four months in the Peace Arch Sculpture Park in Blaine, Washington.