I’ve always been a fan of machine parts. When I was a child, I bought an early 1900s typewriter at a garage sale, and spent hours tinkering with it and getting it to work. I’d take apart any clockwork or otherwise complex machine I could get my hands on, and usually manage to put it …
Here are most of the cubes we’ve produced to date, as well as the original set, with stand, as featured in a wood sculpture show at the Downtown Contemporary Gallery in Albuquerque. . Photos by Val Hollingsworth.
For things which I hand forge, I generally design directly in metal, with nothing more than a basic idea of what I want to produce. Sometimes I don’t even have that, and I’ll just make simple components, such as ring shanks, until something occurs to me. Making basic, bare ring shanks is good practice, and …
I’ve been working a lot recently with aluminum as a jewelry metal. This is a growing trend right now, as styles have tended towards the large and chunky and precious metal prices have soared. Gold prices have reached ludicrous levels, and the price, along with the perceived ostentation of wearing it, has led to a …