Steel Tree

February 6, 2012 | Filed in: Art Progress, Furniture, Metal | No Comments »

Steel Tree: hand forged steel, 77″ ht x 31″ diameter, Meg Thompson, 2011. This fall I finally finished the Steel Tree I started a few years ago.   It began as a coat hanger.  But as I hammered the hot square metal into textured tree bark, it quickly became clear it was going to be more […]

 

Springtime

April 4, 2009 | Filed in: Metal | 1 Comment »

I am back in the blacksmith studio this spring.  The belt buckles have captured my imagination.  More coming to the site soon….

 

blacksmithing

January 7, 2009 | Filed in: Metal | No Comments »

I took a blacksmithing class this past fall from Marsha Trattner, through SVA.  It was a great class and I love it!  I had always wanted to try forge work and torch work.  I like the idea of forging metal into whatever you want.  This is just the beginning for me in this medium.  Under […]