ArtMetal

Definitely a much better picture of the piece, Grizz!

To echo the comments of others, try using a neutral, plain background to avoid distraction. It really helps to keep the interest on the piece itself. As for the centering that Enrique mentioned, that can be a tough thing to hit just right on a rectilinear piece like that, since the eye wants it to be perfectly parallel to the borders of the picture, but the camera's light wants it to be taken from an angle slightly off of dead center. (One reason I prefer to use floodlights) The only easy way I know to resolve the parallax conflict is in Photoshop. You can use the "distort" or "skew" tools to fudge the image to fit the frame, yet still have that nice lighting.

Back when I was using a view camera, I'd just do the tilt and swing thing and get the image squared-up nicely in the viewfinder, but those days are long gone. (grin)