forged candleholders

ambition - Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 9:53am

this is a set of two candleholders made in (sterling) silver and construction steel, both forged. I made these a while ago. they can stand separatet or combined twisting around each other. its nice to play with the positions.

my customer whas looking for a wedding pressent for her daughter. this is what I designed and made for her. in a way its a verry symbolic piece. two made for each other, jet still separatet and individual. the silver witch feels like femal, the iron more male. the contrast between the two metals realy makes both shine in there own way. the silver is conected only by the twising. that is the only asambling done.

maybe ill post some more info later but the proces kind of speeks for itself. hope you enjoy it.

grtz ambition

ps: question: would you consider this piece to be blaksmithing, whitesmithing, or blackandwhitesmithing?

» add new comment | thumbnail

Exqusite!

Janet Rutkowski - Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 10:00am

Ambition....
These are simply exqusite!!! Their rough hewn property along with the fluidity makes it an unusual piece/pieces.
I'm sure your client loved them . Janet R.

» reply

Marriagesmithing

Frank Castiglione - Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 11:05am

Hi Ambition,
You have got quite the talent. Your sculpture is rich in symbolism and beautiful.Someday a grandchild will get this heirloom and dream of how it was made and by whom.
Frank

» reply

thanks frank! thats the

visitor - Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 10:53am

thanks frank!

thats the beauty of art. a few nights ago I whas going through some charcoal schetses from the early nighteenth centuary. old ones, some made by family or portretting family. its hard to find out now. they were realy good and I whas thinking the same qeustion.

one of the joys in making art is that whe can striphe for imortality. art like a message in a bottle or time capsule.
a statment of youre personality and skill.

the only qeustion whe should ask ourselfs is what we do with the time that is given to us.

may the forge be with you, ambition

» reply

damn, forgot to log in again

ambition - Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 11:18am

damn, forgot to log in again -_-

above is mine, ambition

» reply

Very nice pieces. They are

Rich Waugh - Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 9:23pm

Very nice pieces. They are blacksmithing. I don't see any whitesmithing in them at all, as whitesmithing is traditionally the process of finishing forged iron work using files and abrasives to produce a "white" metal finish. There is some silversmithing involved, of course.

I don't know why, but in recent years a number of people have begun to use the term "whitesmithing" to refer to working with white metals, as opposed to working with iron or steel. As I said, traditionally that was not the case, and I'm not sure where or when the confusion in terms originated.

» reply

thanks rich english is a

visitor - Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 11:02am

thanks rich
english is a foreign language to me. I'm still trying to write descent posts but they don't teach that kind of words in school. most of my metal craft related words I learned by reading online&books. still a tough job to figure it all out. as for `whitesmithing`, I´m prety sure I read it some where used in the wrong contex(as aka silversmithing).

» reply

damn, forgot to log in again

ambition - Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 11:19am

damn, forgot to log in again -_-

above is mine, ambition

» reply

English is becoming a

Rich Waugh - Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 6:35pm

English is becoming a foreign language to many Americans, judging by much of what I read these days. (grin) For a non-English speaking person, your command of the language is quite excellent. Technical jargon and slang are always the mos tdifficult ones to learn ans they are frequently contextual and highly variable. I think you're doing great.

» reply