Stove pipe made pretty

[Greta]

With a lucky discovery at a Habitat Restore, we found that our black stovepipe in the living room didn't have to be ugly. The art is a metal sculpture of gingko leaves that extends from the top of our PE Neo 1.6 wood stove to the ceiling. The sculpture is held off the pipe a couple of inches with a hand made wire bracket and held in place with a band of black felted wool around the stove pipe. The stove has been fired multiple times with no detriment to the sculpture or the wool holding it in place. We have no info on where the sculpture was made or where to get another one. I post this with the thought that making lightweight metal sculptures to decorate stove pipes could be a fun project for a metal artisan. And to raise the concept that stove pipes can add to rather than detract from a room.

 

[xman23]

Very nice, can't show my wife, she'll be out shopping.

 

[begreen]

held in place with a band of black felted wool around the stove pipe.

Wool is combustible. It may not burn immediately, but it will dry out over time and become more vulnerable. Everything must be non-combustible. Replace the felt wool with black wire.

 

[one man's kindling]

With a lucky discovery at a Habitat Restore, we found that our black stovepipe in the living room didn't have to be ugly. The art is a metal sculpture of gingko leaves that extends from the top of our PE Neo 1.6 wood stove to the ceiling. The sculpture is held off the pipe a couple of inches with a hand made wire bracket and held in place with a band of black felted wool around the stove pipe. The stove has been fired multiple times with no detriment to the sculpture or the wool holding it in place. We have no info on where the sculpture was made or where to get another one. I post this with the thought that making lightweight metal sculptures to decorate stove pipes could be a fun project for a metal artisan. And to raise the concept that stove pipes can add to rather than detract from a room.

Nice. Had a little copper tubing left over from a much earlier project, thought it might add a funky look to the stovepipe. Checked to make sure it didn't lower pipe temps too much, etc., but it seems to aid conductivity a bit and makes me feel better about spending $30 on tubing I never used!