"Liberty Tree 2.0" How to make a resin and wire tree scultpure inspired by the American Revolution.

The “Liberty Tree 2022" copper tree sculpture stands 36 inches tall and 35 inches wide at the top of the tree, with an 18 inch clear resin base. The leafy portion of the tree has a light blue-green patina.
Bidding:
Email [email protected] to place your bid. See the current bid amount at: https://www.artforour.org/liberty-tree-auction

The first $750 will be donated to O.U.R. After that, 50% of the proceeds from this auction will be donated to Operation Underground Railroad at OURRESCUE.ORG to help fight child trafficking around the world. The other 50% of the funds will be donated to the Draper Philharmonic & Choral Society.

The tree was hand made using a copper wire sculpting technique. The base was created from clear resin donated by TotalBoat.com.

The “Liberty Tree" will be on display and auctioned during the concert series: “George Washington: Ordained of God” June 24-25th, 2022 at Abravanel Hall, SLC Utah.
Final bids will be collected at the conclusion of the George Washington concert series June 25th at midnight.
Concert Tickets: 801-355-2787 or https://www.draperphilharmonic.org/concerts

O.U.R. funds, supports, trains and guides rescue missions for children who are in sex trafficking slavery and frees them to better lives with an amazing after-care program. We cannot support O.U.R. enough. (OURRESCUE.ORG)

My Sponsors:
- Troomi: smart but safe phones. Buy a child or teen a safe smart phone: https://www.artforour.org/kid-teen-safe-cell-phones, each purchase generates $30 for O.U.R. You can save $50 by using the code TroomiOUR.
- Laguna: lagunatools.com
- Total Boat Epoxy Resin: Discount Code: PreeceTB (at TotalBoat.com), Fathom is my favorite product by far.
- Starbond: Superglues. Discount code: Preece10 at https://www.starbond.com

Ways to help me fight child trafficking, every dime I raise is donated to Operation Underground Railroad! (https://www.artforour.org/how-you-can-help)

1: Buy or sell an item at: ArtForOUR.org... woodworking, painting, drawing, jewelry etc.
2: Buy a T-shirt, mug, hoodie etc at our Merchandise Store: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-3iF90fYe5Nmdcfo2Ghodw/store
3. Donate directly to my O.U.R. Fundraiser: https://my.ourrescue.org/fundraisers/dan-preeces-fundraiser
4: Social Media:
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6: Join this channel with a paid membership to get access to perks including 10-25% off any products you see made (purchase at ArtForOUR.org).
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7: Buy a child or teen a safe smart phone: https://www.artforour.org/kid-teen-safe-cell-phones, each purchase generates $30 for O.U.R.
8: Do your Amazon shopping using this link to help me raise $ for O.U.R.:
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My commonly used tools:

-Angle Grinder: (https://amzn.to/36lgewG), one of my most indispensable tools, (https://amzn.to/3iXtNHW) this one has a flat head, helps get into tight spaces, carving and sanding disks are a life saver.
- Grinder Carving Disk: (https://amzn.to/39oWqKG), this is a really great disk for roughing out medium sized projects
- Grinder Sanding Disks: (https://amzn.to/3cj91Rv), fantastic for sanding and minor-moderate shaping stages
- Round Sanding System: (https://amzn.to/3r11N8Q) sleeves go around an inflatable ball (https://amzn.to/2KVCUvW )or make your own foam ball, attaches to a drill, great for tight corners.
- Palm Sander: (https://amzn.to/3r1mJg8), I like the size of the sand paper for both this and on the lathe by hand.
- Super Glue: (https://amzn.to/3pFg5vT) thin and runny, perfect for stabilizing bark or other unstable wood.
- Resin: TotalBoat.com has been gracious enough to donate resin for my future projects, given them some love! You can get 15% off using my code: Preece
- Pigments: https://amzn.to/3sYC5ng, great quality for resin
- Pressure Pot: (https://amzn.to/3tfp1u2) 5 gallon for the big resin projects to get rid of bubbles, or (https://amzn.to/3pwX0M8) for the smaller average jobs 2.5 gallon, both need minor modifications to work.
- Protection:
-https://amzn.to/39t3lm0: face shield for carving and lathe work.
-Respirator: HIGHLY recommended for wood and resin work, speaking as a Dr, protect those lungs!
-https://amzn.to/3tqYWbA and those ears: https://amzn.to/3qa9xW2

Thank you for your amazing support!

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