June 18, 200817 yr 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.
June 18, 200817 yr Once again - outstanding work Adrian! Great job of combining materials for the finished piece!
June 18, 200817 yr I am totally with you, Chyancarrek. Outstanding! And the name is absolutly in line with what it tells me. Great, great job, Adrian. I truly love it.
June 18, 200817 yr Outstanding Adrian, truly beautiful work. Looking at it makes me think you've worked with Brian Russell maybe?
June 19, 200817 yr Author Yes i worked with Brian for 3 years. I left about 4 years ago to become self employed. He is an awesome smith and i am honored to call him a friend. Do you Know Brian at all? Have you worked for him?
June 20, 200817 yr thanks Adrian i like how you can also see the fossils in the polished part. Is that a local stone? ryan
June 20, 200817 yr Author Yes it is. It is called Frosterly Marble. It is quarried at a town called Frosterly Near County Durham. At present they just crush it for road chippings. The guy that i worked alongside, Keith Murray, did all the carving and polishing. He is now working in the quarry doing some amazing work with huge chunks of the stone. I think his web address is Keith Stuart Murray Gallery if you cannot find it i will try and get the address for you if you are interested.
July 11, 200817 yr I've met Brian twice, once at Ironbridge with the rest of his family and once when I went with a Blacksmith mate of mine (Moony) who came over from Oz to see him at his forge. I'd heard about him before I met him, seen his work and rated it but was suprised by how generous he was. I tried to lurk and just watch, but made the fortunate mistake of asking a question about how he got such a sharp clean outer corner on some square bar bent 90 degree's without thinning the corner. I think they were components of a gate. I'd hoped he'd just tell me, instead he showed me how and then went on and gave me a bit to try myself. He dragged the steel about so ruddy fast it was just impressive. I took another heat to get it done LOL. He said the one I did was good enough to try doing the other 100 or so he needed. Purely from an educational point of view I envy you those three years, I'd love to take some classes with him. Edited July 11, 200817 yr by Ian
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