Tim Cotterill, better know as Frogman, was born in Leicester, England in 1950. At age fifteen, Tim dropped out of school to complete a six-year metal-directed apprenticeship. He was intrigued by metalworking he moved onto the sculpture of radical wheeled vehicles and later became interested in the design of birds and animals. In 1990, Tim moved to California and began to sell and exhibit his work all over the country.