I find this happens most often with my iron castings. Oftentimes I have no specific plans for my iron works and I let the final products percolate for a bit before using them.
The following images are a selection of works that are more intuitive in nature and each one was entered into without any final composition in mind. All of these works started off as individual components and evolved over time into the final pieces you see. Currently I have several items lying about, waiting for this very same treatment.
Pork Three Ways
2011
7"h x 4.5" w x 4.5"d
slipcast porcelain, steel rod, and curly baltic birch
It's Not a Tumor, It's Lincoln!
2011
9"h x 6" w x 5"d
cast iron and slipcast raku fired porcelain
private collection
Four Score
2009
7"h x 10" w x 3"d
slipcast porcelain, steel rod, and maple plywood
part of the permanent collection of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University
Holy Ghost/of John Wayne Gacy
2008
78"h x 9"w x 11"d
cast iron, maple plywood, toy nuns, dictionary, and a Gideon's New Testament Bible
Holiday in Fallujah
2008
9"h x 10"w x 70"d
cast bronze, cast iron, and maple
How Long Was the Night
2009
5"h x 17" w x 7"d
cast aluminum, cast iron, silica sand, and zebra wood
Il ne s'agit pas d'un pistolet
2009
4"h x 10" w x 3"d
toy gun, urethane rubber, and maple plywood
Squidildo
2010
17"h x 17" w x 15"d
cast bronze, wooden box lined with crushed red velvet, and an ugly table
Tapeworm
2010
dimensions variable
painted urethane foam and bx cable
A Virgin in the Land of Lincoln
2010
53"h x 20"w x 11"d
cast bronze, cast iron, doily, and an ugly table
photos courtesy of Michelle Pemberton except for Pork Three Ways and It's Not a Tumor, It's Lincoln!