I have always had a weird fascination with the idea of a flying pig. There is a whimsical aspect of the flying pig I just can't put my finger on. I feel this concept is captured best in the first line of the poem 'High Flight' by John Gillespie Magee Jr, "Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;"   For me, that line sums up the ecstatic, true joy of a pig soaring high above the earth, free and uncaring.

Have  you ever seen an unhappy flying pig? It seems to me every depiction of a pig in flight is giddy with the knowledge he is doing something he should not be able to do. Therefore, when I started creating my Skypig, one of my first thoughts was he had to have that look, that smile where every beat of his wings would take him farther into the unknown expressing his satisfaction for daring to dream and achieving the impossible. The Skypig is not only smiling, his mouth is agape as if he's laughing out loud with excitement. 

The skypig is created using copper brass and stainless steel. The wings are colored by heat treating each of the xxxx stainless steel feathers. The pigs coarse hair is xxxx pieces of copper welded on the the frame of copper. His ears, nose, and feet are hand formed from copper sheet.

This flying pig sculpture has a xx inch wingspan and is xx inches long.

My hope is you see this one of a kind sculpture as a testament to how anything in life can be achieved if you just believe in yourself and dare to dream that impossible dream.