Gallery - Large Items
Gallery > Large Items Gallery
These items represent major commitments, both of creative design energy and production time and effort. They are more involved and complex, therefore they can take a month or more to produce, once the creative skull-work is done.
Rose Garden Gates
2017
One of a pair of gates, both different, for a garden entry. The lower criss-cross section is a rabbit barrier.
Moon Howl
2016
Near our desert home, coyotes are a fact of life. And, we often hear coyotes howling at the moon. Thus, I was inspired to create this collaborative work - Lois Hinman made the clay moon, I did the steelwork. While the photo shows this as a shadow sculpture - it works either as a Visual Align piece or as a Shadow Sculpture. In a private collection.
Steel/Glass Light
2016
The wonderful original blown glass glows internally from the light inside the floor lamp. This lamp is another collaboration between Laura Arns (Arson Studios) and myself. In a private collection.
Welcome Shaman
2016
Visual Align Sculpture - a new direction for me . Similar to a shadow sculpture, in this work the image comes into focus when viewed from a specific direction and location. In this photo you can just make out the "welcome" about to come into focus - you need to be about 2 feet to the left to get it seen clearly. In a private collection.
Sammie Sundial
2016
Inspired by the form of a different piece made by the noted artist-blacksmith Brett Moten (Infinity Forge), this sundial is now installed in its spectacular setting. In this photo, you can see that there was a bit of frost that morning.
Corner Railing
2015
This railing is designed to warn and protect people against a stepdown in this deck, just behind the railing.
Entry Railings
2014
A wall and side railing set, protecting a set of steps at the entry to a home.
Circular Railing
2014
A half-circle railing, enclosing a space for a future sculptural installation. The railing was done in an art nouveau style. It encloses a 12’ diameter circle.
Railing Side Panels
2013
In an earlier photo I showed the upper structure of this small porch. These are the side panels that go with it.
In Plain SIght Shadow Sculpture Show
2013
I was honored to be selected for a Nov-Dec 2013 show of my Shadow Sculpture art at the Maturango Museum. This photo gives an overview of the show. Much of the work in this show is described in the Shadow Sculpture section of this website.
Decorative Stands
2013
These are a pair of scrollwork stands, flanking a patio entry. This photo shows them in the shop before final finish work.
Deck Top
2013
Made of square tubing and bent I-beams, this piece is the decorative top to a small outdoor deck/entry to a home.
Entry Stands with Petroglyph Rocks
2013
Decorative outdoor stands to mark the entry to a beautiful home in Ridgecrest. These pieces were a collaboration with Olaf Doud, who is well known for his reproductions of native American rock art items. Each stand features one of his petroglyph rocks. Each is designed to hold a solar glow light.
Corner Swan
2013
A stylized bird to mark the corner of a building lot.
Butterfly Table
2012
One of my favorite pieces: an interpretation of a table supported by steel butterflies. This extension table can be pulled out to seat 8-12 people.
Mailbox Stand
2012
When our former mailbox stand collapsed after 25+ years, I created this to replace it.
Altas
2010
Based upon the design approach of Claudio Botero,, Atlas is a modern interpretation of ancient mythology.
Butterfly Gate
2010
This replaced an older gate in one garden area of our home. This gate depicts gardening themes of sunlight, flowers, and butterflies.
Burning Bush
2010
This was created by a flash of inspiration, starting from the idea of the flames.
Memorial
2010
I was honored to be asked to create the steelwork for a large outdoor memorial to a friend’s deceased wife. The beams are installed to become the overhead part of the structure, 5 in by 5 in by about 14 ft.
Garden Gate Panel 1
2008
This is my favorite panel in the garden gate. It is based upon a design from a Thomas Chippendale furniture piece found in a museum in the Philippines.
Garden Gate
2008
This gate is for the side entry into a garden area at our home. It features a number of completely different panels, based on design ideas from a number of places.
Chimney Pet
2009
The clients for this work had a beautiful outdoor fireplace, and wanted a decorative top for it. From our mutual collaboration, this piece resulted. It features images of the local mountains, local flora and fauna, a shaman, and forged lizards, jimson weeds, and desert tortoise.
Sun Shaman
2009
This outdoor sculpture combines several petroglyph and local icons into a sundial. The shaman is modeled after petroglyphs found in local canyons, as is the goat. The arched back of the goat is the sundial hour arch, with the gnomon shadow cast by the atlatl held in the shaman’s hand. This piece was commissioned for a private collection.
Entry Table
2009
My wife likes to grow orchids, so this table (in the entry area of our home) features 6 different species of orchids, each forged in steel.
Large Shaman
2009
Based on an iconic petroglyph design found in our local area, this large shaman was a private commission. It decorates the entry to a client’s home.
Sun Joy
2008
This piece was the result of a commission from the City of Ridgecrest, which I was fortunate to receive under their Art in Public Places Program. Symbolizing the joy of living in our local desert, it features the rising sun with icons of local desert life. It is located in the Ridgecrest Sculpture Garden, at the Kerr-McGee Center.
Springboard Diver
2008
Also created under a commission from the Ridgecrest Art in Public Places Program, this piece is located in front of the city pool, Pinney Pool.
Forged Cattleya Orchid
2008
This is one of the 6 different species of forged orchids in the Entry Table shown separately.
Sol
2006
One of the first large blacksmith projects that I did, this happy fellow decorates an east-facing wall of our home.