Come Warm Yourself

Come Warm Yourself While working on this piece it reminded me of my visit years ago to Monterey and Carmel, California.  My wife and I had a drink at the Hogheads Bar — it was owned by Clint Eastwood at the time.  We sat by the outdoor fire on a foggy night and enjoyed ourselves…

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La Cote Nord

La Cote Nord The Society of Minnesota Sculptors is having a summer show up in Grand Marais starting in late July. This piece is an abstract intreptation of the North Shore itself. Made with steel and copper with some fun patinas. Size: 19″ x 19″ x 8″ Price: $850 SOLD          …

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Totem of Castaways

Totem of Castaways I like tall. I like larger pieces.  We have a CNC plasma cutter in the studio which results in pieces of steel that are castaway.  My friend Judd gives me grief about cranking out a piece using these cast-offs but better than letting them go to waste.  Besides, I don’t just put…

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Baby Bronze Dragon

Baby Bronze Dragon Here’s some art for your garden.  This one has some interesting patinas going on. The steel looks like bronze in spots.  Very cool. Too bad it doesn’t really breathe flames to take out those nasty mosquitoes. Size: 36″ x 44″ x 12″ Price: $285

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Meteorite Ring – Folded Metal

I found a story about a man. This man forged a wedding band from a meteorite.  How freaking cool is that? Make sure to NOT tell my wife, she’ll want me to make her one. Here are the step-by-step photos. A couple of photos: I’m interested in folded steel (Damascus-style steel) as well as mokume-gane…

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Samurai Dancer

Samurai Dancer Samurai Dancer was inspired by my admiration for the Japanese Samurai.  At the least the legend and the myth of the samurai is thoughtful, educated, polite and honorably.  Not to mention the deadly in battle thing.  The mystique of dancers is similar.  They can do quite amazing feats on their feet.  A great…

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Off to South Dakota Sioux Falls SculptureWalk

I’m heading to the Sioux Falls 2012 SculptureWalk on Friday to deliver two sculptures.  Samurai Dancer will be stationed by the Orpheum theatre. and Maelstrom will be up by 5th and Main in front of Adwerks. I’m looking forward to this event.  Hope to see you there. Now, on your trip to the Black Hills…

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Towering Interest

Towering Interest My good friend and strudio mate, Judd Nelson, has a CNC plasma cutter. He’s busy making animals and other recognizable sculptures (does a great job – check it out) that leave lots of scraps with lots of great cut outs and shapes.  Enter me who likes the steel leftovers.  Apply heat. Bend. Weld.…

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Maelstrom

Maelstrom I originally built this as a model several years ago.  Just finished this one for the 2012 SculptureWalk in Sioux Falls, SD.  It will be there beginning May 5, 2012. This one was so much fun to make.  I got re-acquainted with my oxy-acetylene welding roots.  There’s something really inspiring to making a sculpture…

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Leap from the Magnolia

Leap from the Magnolia When I created this I thought of an orchid.  I saw several at a butterfly garden in Key West and thought about replicating them with my own take. My father-in-law saw it and said, “nice bird taking off”.  See, art is in the eye of the beholder. An Art on a…

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