Tag: metal work

Alfred Janniot, “Fontaine du Soleil”

Alfred Janniot, “Fontaine du Soleil”, Nice, France

The “Fountain of the Sun” or “Fontaine du Soleil” is located on the south side of Place Masséna. The founatin in its original form was inaugurated in 1956. On it are five bronze statues respresenting Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus and Saturn that were sculpted by Alfred Janniot. A seven metre high statue of Apollo sits at the centre of the fountain.

At one point the statue of Apollo was moved due to censorship to the sports park Charles Ehrmann in the 1970s and was eventually returned on June 20, 2011.

The son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, Apollo was the god of music (principally the lyre, and he directed the choir of the Muses) and also of prophecy, colonization, medicine, archery (but not for war or hunting), poetry, dance, intellectual inquiry and the carer of herds and flocks. He was also a god of light, known as “Phoebus” (radiant or beaming, and he was sometimes identified with Helios the sun god). He was also the god of plague and was worshiped as Smintheus (from sminthos, rat) and as Parnopius (from parnops, grasshopper) and was known as the destroyer of rats and locust. Sacred to Apollo are the swan, the wolf and the dolphin.

Floyd Elzinga

Steel Sculptures by Floyd Elzinga

Rotten stumps, broken branches, invasive species, ravaged trees as well as polar opposites and dysfunctional objects; these are the things that excite Floyd Elzinga. He has made a career out of highlighting and glorifying these through three dimensional sculpture, relief work and environmental installations for over 15 years. Current themes in his work focus on broken landscapes, portraits of trees and the aggressive nature of seeds.

Floyd received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax, NS. He was initially drawn to steel, due to its malleable, plastic and forgiving nature, and he continues to utilize its range of colours as well as the way light plays off the surface. He has been exploring traditional metal working techniques to create textures and depth the same way a painter would use a paintbrush.

Elzinga’s Pine Cone Colony installation was featured at The Campbell House Museum during Toronto’s 2010 Nuit Blanche ( Bottom two images of steel pine cone in a fire).  Public commissions of his work can be seen in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto, as well as Rockcliffe Park Village Green, Ottawa, and the Canadian side of the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge.

Josh Smith

Handmade Knives by Josh Smith MS; Photography by Eric Eggly

Josh Smith is a 32 year old Master Smith in the American Bladesmith Society. He makes hand forged bowie knives, liner lock folding knives, slip joint folders, hunting knives, fighters, push daggers, swords, and daggers. Each of the blades are heat treated to the highest quality. Smith uses fossil mammoth ivory, fossil walrus ivory, exotic woods, and precious metals. He is expert in  forging outstanding mosaic Damascus.

Josh Smith also hosts the Big Sky Country Knife Conference and Show which  has grown to become one of the best biannual events in the custom knife world. He also exhibits his work at the ABS Expo. The best way to purchase one of his knives is by placing an order with him or by signing up on his email list. You will be contacted first when a new knife available. More contact information and a viewing gallery are on his website.

http://www.joshsmithknives.com

Jim Sanborn

Sculptures by Jim Sanborn

Jim Sanborn (born Herbert James Sanborn Jr.)  is an American sculptor. He is best known for creating the encrypted Kryptos sculpture at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. surroundings. Sanborn designed Indian Run Park located adjacent to the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Beltsville, Maryland with inspiration from the Iroquois Nations that inhabited the area nearly 900 years ago. On this site, hundreds of artifacts by the Iroquois have been discovered, and it is estimated that thousands still remain.

Jim Sanborn himself has also “seeded” 10,000 arrowheads within the grounds, allowing visitors the possibility to take a piece of this work of art with them. The park, named after the original Indian Run River that once existed here, includes a waterfall and walkway resembling the snaking waterway. Also, located within the park is a bronze cylindrical sculpture written in Onondaga language and “transcribed from the ancient oral tradition of the five Iroquois nations.” At night it is illuminated with a pinpoint light that emits its text upon the surrounding environment.

Jody Samson

Jody Samson:  Acheron Leaf Blade:  Limited Edition of 100 Pieces Worldwide.

Hand ground from high carbon steel, hand heat-treated.
Hilt components cast from original waxes by Jody Samson, hand finished and darkened. Leather wrapped grip.
Overall length 35 ¼ “
Blade length 28 ¼”
Weight: 2 pounds 11 ounces
$800.00

Jody Samson has made his permanent residence in New Glarus, Wisconsin, working with Albion. Jody maintains a large studio in the Albion facility, personally supervising the making of the Conan™ swords, and creating a line of knives and swords for Jodysamson.com.

Yeong-Deok Seo

 

Sculptures by Yeong-Deok Seo, Human Figures from Bicycle Chains and Industrial Steel Links

The human body is a complex system and yet Korea-based artist Yeong-Deok Seo’s figurative sculptures manage to capture its intricacies. His realistic models are comprised of bicycle chains and industrial steel links carefully sculpted and welded together to mimic the human body.

The figures have a definite, recognizable silhouette from a distance. However, up close, the sculptures have a cold, textured surface because of the chains are completely hollowed out. Seo purposely constructed them this way to make a poignant message. His work is in response to the growing obsession with the mechanical world. According to Seo, everyone is consumed with their arbitrary devices and themselves, resulting in a race of incomplete humans that lack emotion. It’s a dark interpretation of the modern day human.…

Winged Lobster-Tailed Burgonet

German/Polish Winged Lobster-Tailed Burgonet, circa 1700

One-piece skull embossed with six ridges and riveted visor, adjustable nasal bar and neck-guard of four lames. On the sides, two riveted heart-shaped wings embellished with geometric openwork. Attached cheek-pieces pierced with seven holes each (leather strap of the cheek-pieces an later addition). Height ca. 39 cm. Sold at auction: 7,200 Euros.

Martin Van den Bogaert

 

Martin Van den Bogaert, “Captive Representing Spain”, 1682, Bronze, Louvre Museum

Originally placed around the pedestal of the pedestrian statue of Louis XIV of the Place des Victoires, the captives represent the nations defeated at the Peace of Nimègue in 1678. The” Captive representing Spain” has his eyes raised to heaven expressing hope. The models of the captive nations were cast in bronze in 1682. The bronze trophies were added to the pedestrian statue after the contract of March 9, 1685.

The Kabuto

Art in Armor: The Kabuto

Kabuto (兜, 冑) is a type of helmet first used by ancient Japanese warriors, and in later periods, they became an important part of the traditional Japanese armour worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan.

Kabuto are often adorned with crests called datemono or tatemono; the four types of decorations were the maedate (frontal decoration), wakidate (side decorations), kashiradate (top decoration), and ushirodate (rear decoration). These can be family crests (mon), or flat or sculptural objects representing animals, mythical entities, prayers or other symbols. Horns are particularly common, and many kabuto incorporate kuwagata, stylized deer horns.

Anna Hyatt Huntington

Anna Hyatt Huntington, Bronze Monument on Audubon Terrace in Washington Heights

Audubon Terrace, also known as the Audubon Terrace Historic District, is a landmark complex of eight early-20th century Beaux Arts/American Renaissance buildings located on the west side of Broadway, bounded by West 155th and West 156th Streets, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan, New York City. Home to several cultural institutions, the architecturally complementary buildings are arranged in two parallel rows facing each other across a common plaza.

Commissioned in the early 1900s by Archer Milton Huntington (founder of the equally beautiful Hispanic Society, which owns the statues and the terrace on which they are located) and sculpted by his wife Anna Hyatt Huntington, the statues on Audubon Terrace offer a staggeringly wide array of choices for the modern palette.

John R G Roth

John R G Roth Sculpture and Furniture

“My sculpture / furniture hybrids evolved into a series I call “Speculative Naval Architecture”.  Absurd ship models sometimes reflect my visceral response to the anthropomorphic aspects of machinery, vehicles, and buildings and sometimes serve as metaphors for my reflections upon conveyance and modes of communication.”

– John R G Roth

www.mayerfineartgallery.com

Wang Ruilin

Wang Ruilin, Sculptor: Four Animals from his “Dreams” Series, Copper, 2014

Chinese sculptor Wang Ruilin’s copper sculptures are the result of Eastern classical painting and imagery that’s been combined with past experiences. In an ongoing series titled “Dreams,”  Wang Ruilin creates surreal animals that don’t act like animals at all. Their backs, and sometimes their antlers, function as arcs that carry monumental elements of nature like lakes and mountain cliffs. It’s like an animal-version of Noah’s Arc without people.

“Leaving individuals behind is painful”, admits the 29-year old sculptor, but it allows us to reduce confusion and see the value and force of life.

Noel Lloyd Pinay

Noel Lloyd Pinay, “The Canadian Aboriginal Veterans Monument”, Bronze, 2001, Confederation Park, Ottawa

There are currently over 600 recognized First Nations governments or bands encompassing 1,172,790 peoples spread across Canada with distinctive Aboriginal cultures, languages, art, music and beliefs. National Aboriginal Day recognises the cultures and contributions of Aboriginals to the history of Canada.