One of my other addictions besides blacksmithing is all that is rusty. I think rust looks great! There are sooooo many different shades of ocher and sienna and lovely reds and browns, its like the blood of the earth. Any time I see something with a good coating of rust all I can think is, “oh, how can I use that?”

I love color, in fact I never met a color I didn't like for some reason. Here is a piece that is a part of a series I did for the joy of it using some junk found around the studio. I picked pieces and, like a stone mason making a dry wall, I "listened" to what the pieces told me to do. It was all very intuitive and, in the end, harmonious as well.

This is a recent sculpture I've done. I started back into art a year ago, after too long of a hiatus. I've taken welding classes but still gone back to brazing and ocy/acetelyne.
My work has started to encompass a lot of recycled metal that I've "rescued" from dumpsters. Haven't gotten arrested yet, but have lots of good metal to work from.