From Paper to Production

With the help and guidance of Matt at Falling Hammer Productions I created my first fully conceptualized piece.  The piece that you see above took six hours to make.

To create the four leaves I used a band saw to make four 3/8 "fingers" out of a 3/4" bar.  To achieve the "gold" finish the steel was brushed with a brass brush while the bar was in black heat (1000 or so degrees).

I've spent the last few days at Trinity in the insurance capitol of the world and will be moving on to the big apple tomorrow.

Hartford

I find myself on the campus of Trinity College located in Hartford, Connecticut. The lights are on in Northam tower and the continuous building looming over the quad. One can only imagine the windows being lit by candles in the summer time, flickering with the whims of the winds caught in the trees on the lawn..

As I explained in a letter to a sculpture professor at RISD, the thing that draws me most to blacksmithing is the ability to create organic form out of something so static as steel. To be able to create a leaf or even a fluid natural structure out of a square piece of 3/8th stock is exciting. What allures me is the challenge and the process. Already I am beginning to draw more, to put those processes from mind to paper.

I am staying with a friend, Kat. She's the one manifesting light in her hand. No big deal.