Masterpiece Metal Sculpture Creation |Welding Creatures | Ten Tall Foot Dragon | Barbie The Welder
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Barbie The Welder is an American metal sculptor, published author of six books, and an advocate for the skilled trades from Pompano Beach, Florida.
Growing up in a deeply creative home, Barbie’s Mom is a published cartoonist and her Dad a jack of all trades, Barbie was encouraged by both parents to work with her hands and mind to create. Inspired by the movie Cast Away, starring Tom hanks, Barbie attended an adult welding program at Elmira, New York Boces in November 2007 and was hired at Cameron Manufacturing And Design in Horseheads, New York in March 2008 where she learned the art of welding and fabrication from the brilliant craftsman she worked with. Barbie took her fabrication skills home and taught herself how to design and create art in her garage after work at night and on the weekends.
Barbie quit her job she loved to realize her dream and become a full-time artist September 1, 2014.
Because of the influence Bob Ross had on her growing up, Barbie began teaching how to weld art through her TH-cam channel in 2015 after not being able to find resources to learn.
Soon after she was invited by a publisher to write a book teaching how to weld art, and How To Weld Horseshoe Art; 30 Projects You Can Easily Weld At Home was born. Barbie went on to write and self publish five more books, How To Weld Scrap Metal Art; 30 Easy Welding Projects You Could Make At Home, How To Weld Silverware Animals Metal Art Welding Projects For Fun and Profit, The Inspiration Blueprint; How To Design and Create Your Inspired Life, Fuck You Fuel; How To Turn Shit Into Sugar, and The Artist Guide To Branding, Marketing and Selling Art Online.
Working with Bogi Latiner for a month in 2017 on Bogi’s Girl Gang Garage all woman’s frame up build of a 57 Chevy pick up later unveiled at Sema became a mentorship for Barbie that continues to help her grow herself and her business. Barbies other inspirations include Indian Larry and Billy Lane both who caught her attention through the TV series biker build off in early 2000. The craftsmanship and creativity of both men spoke to her soul.
Barbie started out riding on the gas tank of her dad‘s Honda motorcycle because she was too little to hold on sitting behind him, so when she was asked by Jesse James Dupree, lead singer of Jackyl, to design and create two sculptures for Harley Davidson she jumped at the chance driving the 24 hours to Sturgis by herself from NY and sculpting HOGs 35th anniversary sculpture live at Sturgis motorcycle rally at the Pappy Hoyle Campground and then she returned home to sculpt Harley Davidson’s 115th anniversary sculpture in her garage which was later presented to Harley Davidson on stage during the Jackyl concert at the 115 anniversary celebration in Milwaukee.
Barbie has welded live at Americade Motorcycle Rally, SEMA show in Vegas for Miller Welders, Harley Davidsons 115th Anniversary, and at shows and events up and down the east coast.
Barbie has designed and created sculptures for Miller Welders, the American Welding Society, Chicago Pneumatic, Carolina Shoe Company, two cities and clients in many countries.
BarbieTheWelder.com, @BarbieTheWelder on TH-cam, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn. 🫶🏻
Just what I needed to see and hear. I am not the only one figuring things out as I go! Hearing the struggle and concern in the present tense, and yet knowing how well it turned out, is so encouraging. There is so much to learn and so much to attempt. I wish i had done it years ago. It is frustrating and frightening to realize how much may get left undone.... 😮
Back to it!
I believe in us!!!!! I turn the page on old stuff and just get to work today in the current doing what I can to move me where I want to go! No worries!🤘🏻🤩
That is far out. Because of you I feel I can conquer the world with my everlast mig welder and some steel!
☺️ YES!!! That is the coolest thing I’ve read in a long time!! Happy welding!!!
No worries on the public speaking. You have a nice, natural delivery. We are going to enjoy this series...
+Charles Struble thank you Charles!
You're an amazing woman!! Keep it going!!
Wow flipping sweet!
I am honored. Thank you. ☺️
WOW that’s awesome
Thank you kindly
Glad to see you recently knock the rust off her Barbie!!
What a beautiful smile!
The dragon?
j/k
thanks for the time and your videos, I just found them yesterday. very humble woman.
+SuperKwame1 Thanks for taking your time to watch them!💙👩🏭
looking forward to watching the progress Barbie
+Artfully Rogue thanks for your support!
No apologies, you just keep on doing a wonderful job creating welds, art, books and teaching and more!
+Donald Dawson thank you Donald!!
This is exactly the video I have been looking for. I want to weld up a dragon something like that with my powerimig for my daughter.
+Am Scout Awesomeness! This is a personal project so I've not had time to work on it. I will post a video of each step so I can hopefully share what works and didn't work for me. Best wishes!
one cool gal . great videos too . thanks for sharing your passion .
+Jim Templeton thank you!
Rust the magic Dragon..love your work..keep up the great work
Lol that’s a great name!
Im a Big collector of dragons, and you are doing great with it . just dont over think yourself tho. I will draw you a sketch on how to make him/her breath fire. its a real easy trick .
That dragon is gonna be sweet! Keep up the videos, and the great work
+LWELDS.com Thank you for taking the time to watch!!!💙👩🏭
+LWELDS.com Thanks I appreciate you taking your time to watch my video!💙👩🏭
I love your "Can do" attitude. Awesome. I like the way you innocently say "I never made a dragon before, but I'll figure it out" 8 feet tall and 10 feet long. reminds me of that old saying "go big or go home"! Barbie went big! You have a very soothing way of teaching. Thank you Ma'am.
+PacoWang I'm honored by your kind words! Thank you for taking the time to watch me video!
+PacoWang Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to watch my video!
+PacoWang lol Yeah I turn on the music and flip down my hood and stuff just shows up, like a giant dragon!!💙👩🏭
Your stuff is amazing, keep it up!
+John B I appreciate your kind words.
Great work and kudos for taking the jump and chasing your dream, something I have contemplated for some time now. Keep up the great videos your a natural !
+William Davis Thank you kindly!😊
Wow awesome your skills are amazing wow what a dragon
Thank you kindly!!!
Barbie, the scales on the neck shud be started at the body and overlap towards to the top . like shingles on a roof
sei bravissima
Great Job on the Dragon , hoping to MAKE one myself someday , or a Dinosaur . Good luck Barbie 👏
+Barry Phil Rush Thank you!
Nice work Barbie, as long as you have enough support framework for the weight of the finished sculpture, you will be fine
Been working on getting a better welder, mine is not hot enough to make the framework so Argon has been patiently waiting for me in the side yard!
A bigger welder is always handy, you could always try layering the welds, sometimes a better option anyway.....and will certainly strengthen the joints. Argon will be happy to have the extra strength....if you imagine the dragon having a ribcage and backbone etc...build it the same way, his legs will need have to be a pretty decent frame to take his whole weight.
If you draw him out I'll work it out for you with the weight...approx, if you can.
BarbieYou are a breath of fresh air on TH-cam because you don't take yourself too seriously and still get the job done. You are also a gifted artist. I can't wait to see the dragon when he is finished and breathing fire. How much do you think it will ultimately weigh when finished?Respectfully, RJB
my fabulous g-welder...and how are you doing sunshine
Keep it up Barbie. My only suggestion would be to get a wireless lapel mike that you can clip to your collar. It will make it easier to hear you and cut down on noise. That goes a long way.
+Shutter Bugg I agree I'm going to go online to find one today! Thank you for taking the time to watch my video and for your feedback!!💙👩🏭
An idea you might want to consider for the fire breathing dragon would be to release short burst of pressurized gas, and controlling the release with an electric solenoid (12 or 24 volt ) that you could control with a wireless remote control. 😎
+196520101965 I don’t know what it is but I like it!😉
BarbieTheWelder
I can draw a schematic to help explain the controls better. When it comes to the flame /smoke combination, you may have to do some experimentation.
+196520101965 I’m going to look around and see what I can figure out!
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Poor dang dragon has been waiting forever for me to finish him!😒
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Barbie! I'm really diggin' what you've been up to! Every since I got into welding in 2011 I've been wanting to build a big metal sculpture. I've made a bunch smaller ones, but it has allowed me to learn how to fabricate & shape the metal as well as collect a bunch of scrap metal for the "one of these days" big build. I wish you the best and will be here watching you on your journey! .... oh & how do you like the Cobra torch. I got one like 3 months ago & I like it's potential ;)
+Construct Icon thank you!! I'm excited to see your sculptures and when you go big definitely share your pictures with me! Why did you get into welding? What is the subject of the sculptures you've created so far?
BarbieTheWelder I'm someone who has always loved creating all sorts of things & metal was one I hadn't embarked on....until I decided to take some classes at my local BOCES tech school in 2011. That coupled with the idea of learning something new & being self reliant if I ever needed to fix or make something was appealing. Have since got into metal fabrication & blacksmithing. I've made a few videos here on YT , but have made many more mini metal sculptures off camera. I love mixing metal with wood & other materials, but animals & creatures are my favorites things to sculpt out of metal.
Nice work, Barbie. It's great that you're not afraid to dive in and figure it out as you go. Is that rebar you are using for the framework? I'm new at welding and want to do something similar to commemorate my little dog, Wishbone. I had to say goodbye to her last week after nearly 16 years. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing.
+Ken Head the 1/4 steel is roundbar. I can bend it by hand without hearing and have found it works good for projects like this where I need to create an exoskeleton. I'm so sorry to hear about Wishbone but I can only imagine how wonderful you creating a sculpture of her will be and all the beautiful memories you will remember as you create her. I would love to see the finished project! Best wishes!
Love your vids Im moving from clay to metal and your really helpful found this particular vid a little hard to watch in one go with all the movement had to watch in parts but great work.
+aeroshack Thank you! I'm working to improve my video skills. I appreciate your feedback it will help me!!
Galway arts festival in ireland have lots dragons in show in streets of city night time
Now I don't know what I'm doing but everything is figure outable.
you do awesome work , now i wanna make u my lady friend and build a metal empire together :)
I would Love to be there to help you fab out the pieces
How are you getting on with the dragon if you mind me asking I would love to see more Please thank I will say you have inspired me to have a go at my own project
I haven’t been able to go any further on him because my welder is not powerful enough to weld his frame. I am working on getting a bigger welder.
BarbieTheWelder ok thanks
My project i am thinking in the future is a dragon rider I thinking in size wise of your grim reaper. the two projects I have done are a mini table and a welding stool your one of my inspirations I no artist I am better with metal than pen and paper my favourite monster truck is gravedigger and that what I am thinking of making in the future thank you very for your videos you have help me have a bit more understanding of mig welding because I have not been very long I look forward to seeing your future videos and project many thanks if you can help in anyway it would greatly appreciate
It's great! Just keep the sun behind the camera when shooting ;-) Don't shoot into the sun.
+Jared Morgan good call thanks! I'm learning!!
hey you come to mexico and teach me all the secrets that you know of welding...
+Alambique Mejico that's what TH-cam is for!
Do you have another video of the dragon?
+htnttf1 if you’re on Instagram I did a live feed this morning with the dragon.
Hi from El Paso Texas have you ever done with coins
Yes I welded pennies to my coworkers bench when he wouldn’t stop throwing them at me when I was welding😜😈💙👩🏭
@@BarbieTheWelder I'm asking because I have a hole bunch of mexican coins and I want to do something with them any ideas
Look up hobo coins!!!!
@@BarbieTheWelder thanks for the information by the way I like your projects
Thank you kindly!!
If you haven't gotten to the removable wings yet, consider using 1 1/4" square tubing through the body of the dragon then using 1' square tubing for the main wing supports. The wing supports can then slide into the body tubing to be removable then reassembled. This is what I did to make adjustable legs on the work platform I made for my smoker trailer and they work fine.
+The Winking Pig Bar-B-Q great idea! I do have 2" pipe set up and will use them to slide the wings into!! In theory I feel it should work!😜
Sure, it's the same concept and I'm all for using any material you already have on hand. As I was writing it I was wondering if there were comparable steel tubing/pipe sizes that might work as well but I've never tried it. A word of information for you or one of the readers if you don't know, steel tubing and steel pipe sizes are not the same and are not interchangeable. If a project calls for steel tubing, buy steel tubing, not steel pipe and vice versa. In my area I buy 3/4" steel tubing and 1/2" round bar to make hinges from the steel supplier, you can buy "black pipe" from your big box store or a plumbing supply house.
besides size,,
you're gonna hafta be concerned about weight too,yeah?
that can quickly become heavy,
i mean, beyond them casters you're currently using, heavy?
shouldn't you have made that modular?
how ya know it's a dude?
thanx for sharing your dragon,, best of luck with the remainder of project!
+Atticus Draco Because I don't have an engineer working with me I'm erring on the side of caution for building and doing everything I know to keep it strong. I don't know how heavy it will be but the casters are temporarily for me to have the ability to move it around while I construct it. I have a feeling I will need to hire a crane to put it on a flatbed trailer when it is time to transport. Good question about if it's a guy, guess I just assumed😜 Thanks for watching my video and taking the time to write!!
HOA must be pulling their hair out....
+KING TROLL Lmfao all my neighbors don't know what to do with me! They better behave because he will be a fire breathing dragon when I'm done and he will gobble up any rude neighbors!😜💙👩🏭
Whatever happened with this dragon?
He’s in the front lawn waiting for me to finish him. He is a passion project and the good news is my clients are waiting for sculptures, the bad news is the dragon is on hold.
BarbieTheWelder, I can't wait to see it finished. I'll wait patiently.
Me too!!😉
Less talking would be good why make a video if all you are doing is talking about what you did. Ill make a video on how to wax my car and only show the waxed car then walk around it after I'm done and tell you how good it looks
+al milner Thanks for taking the time to watch my video!😉
Not looking for pro video or a pro speaker. I love your content and think you are a beautiful woman. I admire your bravery and work ethic. However, my first wife had your ethic and neglected her children, much to their detriment. Please find time for them. Sorry, really none of my business.
+Rick Harms I home school my son, we eat breakfast lunch and dinner together and I spend at least two hours every night with him. Welding is awesome but my family comes first!💙