Metal Sculpture & Carvings

Well to start with Im no longer with Geoffrey Newton over the past month Ive been trying to get the basics of a forgefoundry and cast glassenameling studio going with the objective of doing high end lights. This was a quick proof of production process for working in the round and was improvised out of old scrolls I did when I first started. The name of my company will be Burning Hammer Studios PS its actually Iron Plus (carbon)

This is my sculpture that won an award of merit at the Gateway East Artist Guild. AND A KITTY!

This one came out better in the stem, but not in the petals. thanks for looking and ripping.

Thought id share some recent work of mine, they are just quick snap shots so they might be blurry. And a couple of pieces in progress. [url=""] All of this is going to the Roycroft craft gallery in East Aurora Ny. -Andrei

hi there all, i have finally stopped making tongs and tools and made myself a mail box. the pole is pipe and the replica milk can i made at work. ( i build aviation tanks so got access to sheet rollers). the can is made to resemble an old malleys milk can that are everywhere in aust but not where i can find em. anyway i made the spout a bit bigger to fit all the parcels i get ( tongs and stuff off ebay usually) i think it came up ok. my girl loves it. she did the signing on the sides

I had a mental block and wasn't able to think of anything to do. So I figured I would practice basics. just trying to make tapers of various preplanned lengths. I did not put eyes or a mouth on this one, but a friends son likes it enough that he keeps it on his desk at home.

i just fitted the second set of gates for the client i made the disc gates for. These ones were kind of based upon the Sculptures and mobiles of Alexander Calder.

TRYING TO SEE IF THIS WILL WORK WOOHOOO IT WORKED! HERE'S THE WHOLE TREE! how'd i mess this up? You have to copy the entire URL (the whole thing) and paste it into the forum.

Hey all, Here's a youtube vid put up by one of the gallery owners who represents my friend James Lee Hansen's work. Jim is 82 now and has been doing sculpture since 1948 after he got out of the Navy - He's so spry and passionate about what he does - I can only hope to be as full of life at that age. The poems Jim's reading on the vid are his own and the opening are bits and pieces from one of our casting sessions. It's a tad long at 7 minutes but I hope you enjoy it! youtube

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Here are a few more images you requested. Hope they are ok for you. i have a disc with alot more images on, if there are particular shots you want then let me know and i will try and sort something out.

;) Hi there, This is my first post on this site so i hope someone can help me. On a sad note... my grandfather died last week and although i should be upset as we were close, i feel relieved that it wasn't a slow and painfull death. He spent 50 years of his life as a blacksmith in Holland and his last wishes were " I came from fire in the form of love, i worked with fire all my life now i go back to the fire ". I am now living in Holland and have followed his wishes in the form of cremation but am now struggling to find that special Urn for the memorial wall. I would really like one with a blacksmith or anvil on the top but i haven't found one in Holland yet, so i…

Been a while since I've had a picture of a project but my girlfriend's dad blacksmith's and wanted to see what it looked like, so I have pictures! Rose bud made from square tube and solid rod.

Im in the process of making a gate based on a 19 century design. The scrolls are from 1" x 1/2" formed on edge. This is my first attempt at blacksmithing since I worked as a fitter welder some 15 years ago.

Here is a small lamp I just finished. Its made out of 1/4" mild steel and MIG welded together. Enjoy -Andrei

Made this last week.My first one.

My parents 43rd anniversary passed while I had taken a sabbatical from banging iron, so I had to get this to them a little late. Not real refined. Made from a spike drawn and split. I worked the heart sides one at a time and opened them up together in the last heat. My forge is not large enough for the whole thing to fit. The face and outer edge of the heart were sanded down to get shine, the heat oxidized for color. The whole thing was coated with interior/exterior laquer and clear-epoxied to a chunk of busted up countertop. To use, I just cut the picture to fit and secure it with a couple of rare earth magnets. That was a pretty cool idea, i thought.

made this'en for my sis's wedding it's wrought iron and nickle.

This is a scuplture I did last year, '07, and had it in a local art show. (3 counties were involved) It now resides at the office where my wife works. There is a 2" solid ball "Trapped" in the tray. You can move the ball around but not remove it from it's confined area. Hence the title "Trapped". The main shaft is 1"rd. and the piece passing through it is also 1"rd. I forged the end perpendicular on the end of the 1" to form the tray. The copper piece is 1 1/4"rd. I ran all through a spring swage to form the 'wings' and since the copper was larger and softer it caused a wider 'wing'. The piece with the knot is 5/16"rd., I think, might be 1/4". Darn, it's tuff getting old…

the fireplace bosses Id did yesterday 3/16" plate, punched to 2" discs, stamped hot in an ironworker w steel dies (made by our lead smith), then drilled for a rivet, then recut with a hardwheel and cutting disc

I needed a new wedding band so why buy it when you can make your own. Don't know what the wife will think but heck it was only a half hour job and a chunk of ss pipe and a nice 400 grit finish thats easy to touch up...Bob

I wanted to try something new and cut out a bunch of petal patterns (several new caluses) and cobbled together a rose. didn't even try to put leaves on it. Just showed it to her and smiled.

Well, here it is. This is the rose I mentioned in a few other posts. My first blacksmithing (if you can call it that). I gave the rose to my Mom for Christmas. (new camera so focus is a little off) Rose: 1" & 1 1/4" square tubing. Stem: 1/8"x1/2" hot roll. Leaf: 3/8" cold roll square. Brass wire wheel in the angle grinder and a coat of Beeswax (propane heated). I worked on it for 3 days so I do not know how long it actually took me but I know a second one would be a lot less time. No forge - oxy-acetylene torch for heating. No anvil - 6" block of steel for the flat, 11" long 3/4" diameter center punch (pointed chisel) and the handle end of a 5' long pry…