ROSES, dragons, a windmill and an Anzac Day memorial are just some of the impressive steel sculptures Stephen Brown has on display at his Eaglehawk property.<\/p>\n
As well as his towering artworks, Brown has raised $10,150 for a project he started last year, creating blue roses in memory of the four police officers killed on the Eastern Freeway.<\/p>\n
He has also raised $2500 making roses for mental health foundations, and $550 for cancer support and said his charity work was a good way of helping people.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not the greatest talker but I thought well I can make things and sell them and that can be my contribution,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople like the product, It\u2019s just my way of helping.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brown studied a trade when he was younger before completing a paramedic\u2019s course, and has driven trucks across Australia, but gave it all up to focus on his passion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started getting too many orders and it became a safety issue, I couldn\u2019t stay awake on the roads, so I told them I had to quit,\u201d he said. \u201cI started doing sculptures full time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last week he raffled a 1.2-metre-long rising sun Anzac Day sculpture, with the money going towards buying materials which are becoming harder to source.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaint\u2019s getting harder to get because they\u2019re from China,\u201d he said. \u201cCertain colours I like to use I can\u2019t get them anymore, all the Rustoleum brands I just can\u2019t get them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Standing tall at his Eaglehawk garden display is a four-metre-tall windmill, which Brown said he wanted to build it twice as high but didn\u2019t have the resources.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to use external bearing sections, have it running on the actual rollers, but I couldn\u2019t get the actual ring,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Currently working off his private Eaglehawk Garden Sculptures Facebook account, he hopes one day to start his own business focusing on high quality steel roses.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m probably going to be specialising in indoor gift stuff,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll be starting an actual business; I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll call it yet, I\u2019ll keep [the garden] but I\u2019ll have a more professional thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ROSES, dragons, a windmill and an Anzac Day memorial are just some of the impressive steel sculptures Stephen Brown has on display at his Eaglehawk property. As well as his towering artworks, Brown has raised $10,150 for a project he started last year, creating blue roses in memory of the four police officers killed on […]<\/p>\n