This bakers rack was delivered to my client today. It is 16″ x 48″ x 96″. The shelves are polished 3/8″ glass. This thickness of glass will support 8 lbs. per square foot. It is entirely hand forged, utilizing mortise and tenon joinery, as well as rivets and collars. The
This is a driveway gate recently completed and installed for “Lynden Sculpture Garden” in Milwaukee, WI. (Note: To see larger images, simply click on the image, and a larger image will appear. Click again on that image for an even larger photo.) The gate was installed on a cold winter
As promised, here are new images of the bronze railing I forged for “Lynden Sculpture Garden” in Milwaukee. I am adding these images, as the images published earlier in this blog were taken by me shortly after installing various sections. Since the railing was installed one piece at a time
This morning I installed the terminus of the bronze railing at the Lynden Sculpture Garden. As you can see, the terminus is highly polished, and will need a few weeks to achieve the patina of the other four panels, which were installed earlier this year. When the patina reaches uniformity,
Yesterday I added two more panels to the Lynden Sculpture Garden hand-forged bronze railing. Here are a couple of images. I have one more panel to forge for this project, which will be dramatically different, but at the same time, will compliment and add a final flourish to the railing.
Currently, I am forging a bronze railing for the “Lynden Sculpture Garden” in Milwaukee, WI. The garden was formerly named the “Bradley Sculpture Garden”. It is owned by the Bradley Family Foundation, and is now opened daily to the public as of May 30th of this year. The garden is
Plant Stand 2010, mild steel, sand blasted, with black Gilders Paste finish. The creation of this plant stand is the second of a series of furniture using the same process and motifs. The impetus was to create a piece with the feeling of flowing energy, with no visible joints interrupting
Greetings, Due to an extremely heavy workload, i.e. preparing for my solo exhibition at Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum which begins on April 14th, preparing a quote for a bronze railing, etc…..I am taking a break from adding to this blog until things settle down. I hope to be
In recent years, I have had the opportunity to provide sculpture for various churches around southeastern Wisconsin. Below is the most recent installation, made for “First Baptist Church”, West Bend. The theme is “Missions”. This church, which I attend, supports over twenty missionaries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and
In 2008, I had the privilege to restore a very large window grille made by master blacksmith Cyril Colnik. The grille belongs to the “Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion” and is situated on the northern exterior of the building. It measures 66″ x 99″. The approximate age of the grille is
NAUMAN’S NORTHERN SCHOOL FOR BLACKSMITHS
