I have agree with Chuck since he beat me to it. Im new here but have been on other sites and haven't seen anyone over do it like that. By the way Chuck it's about three pages. And like Chuck said the work is nice and there is quality but it can get old quick. Don't mean to be rude just my opinion.

Wade

Hi Chuck, although I understand your feelings, i have to disagree with you here. If an experienced metal worker joins Artmetal, he or she is going to bring a large portfolio. All of the work is really impressive and I'm pretty sure he's not completing 15 pieces of work a day, so it will stop eventually. This is the reason that the "Recent Blog" tab and "All Recent" tab were created. Keep all of the latest info in a blog and you don't have to wade through all of the picts in "All Recent". He's not posting 15 picts of the same project, he has just had the wonderful opportunity to work and document a lot of cool projects. We should never be upset that someone is posting quality work and god forbid someone doesn't post something spectacular because he/she feels like they have posted too much already. I say bring on the pictures and descriptions, I'll take any opportunity I can to learn something new. Just my two cents.

Jake

Jake Balcom
Mettle Design
Lincoln, NE

Hi Chuck,
Well, this seems to be a touchy issue. So what ever our views are, they should not be harsh, on the contrary, simply educated criticism. Personally, and as I commented already, the work of Stephen is great in quality and quantity. I checked his work, but the point came where I did not know if I had already seen some of his latest posts, the were abundant and frankly felt like ok, I`ve seen enough and it`s probably about the same stuff. Of course nothing is written against the right to post as many times as we wish, nonetheless too much may just be detrimental to the author himself, due to misunderstanding the reason he`s overdoing it. It`s happen a few times on this site... dosifying deliveries may be more pleasant. Strawberries with whipping cream, oh I die for them, but please don`t serve me such delicacy three tiems a day for a week... sorry just a culinary annalogy. I love your work Stephen don`t get me wrong. Chuck I must say I could never leave the "say what you think club you founded", always for the sake of benefit of anyone.Why not address issues as in a family, a big one. Best wishes to all. Nelson.

Had there been anything that I felt was outside the posted guidelines of ArtMetal, I would most assuredly have sent a direct message to the alleged "offender." However, all of Stephen's image posts are completely within the guidelines and welcome here. Yes, posted en masse like that they take up several pages of listings - no problem, that's precisely what the tabs are for, as Jake noted.

I would suggest that if anyone feels that a post(s) is inappropriate in any way they should send either me or QuiQue a message so I/we can evaluate the post(s) and take any corrective measures necessary. That is part of my function as Moderator, and I'm happy to do it. Handling such things through one of us has the added benefit of avoiding any issues of personality differences, etc. We fade the heat so youse guys don't have to. (grin)

Rich Waugh
ArtMetal Moderator

Hey Guys,

I just want to add that some of the folks on ArtMetal don't have their own Website, and if you are referring to ArtMetal as a family, "Our Family" then we should be able to post and share as much as we want, and like Jake and Rich said that's the reason for the tabs.

Websites can be very expensive and time consuming to put together. Having ArtMetal to share our work is a plus to all.

Most people who post multiple pics at one time are usually doing so because they are showing you the viewer different angles of their work.

We come from different parts of the world, so when someone is searching for advice, a constructive critique, or their accomplishments I'm sure it's to give you a really good view of what their trying to share.

Jamie Santellano

Stephen Fitz-Gerald

OMG I just found this thread.
I am so sorry I have inadvertently broken protocol on this site. I am simply ignorant of the way in which information,images etc. is handled here(and etiquette).
I am instuctionally challenged...LOL. It took me an entire year to figure out how to post images. I finally viewed the instructional video then all was clear. But IMHO this site is allot more complicated and less intuitive to navigate than many other art oriented sites. I've never had to view an instructional video before on any site to learn how to post images.
And I never found anything discouraging posting consecutive images. That doesn't mean it wasn't there,it just means I didn't see it).
I joined this fraternity to take part in discussion, to learn through interaction,sharing technique and all aspects of metal work. I apologize to one and all for what I am hearing as taking too much space.
I DO have a website,several in fact but I find it inconvenient to jump to links and assumed it was so for others as well.I looked in the various galleries here to see the breadth and depth of the work produced ,and when curious followed the links to the artist's personal site, but it was the pieces I saw in the galleries which encouraged me to look further...
Again,I apologize to one and all.