Forged dog gate made to sit somewhere between sculpture and function.
When it’s open, it keeps the dogs from heading down a steep staircase. When it’s closed, it reads as a wall piece. Part of my practice is taking ordinary hardware and making it something you actually want to look at, like a hook on a wall or a curtain rod bracket. So when @pataustindesign came to me with the idea of a gate that could also be a sculpture, I was excited to take it on with them.
This piece is going into a house that was designed to include the work of many artists. I have a few other pieces in the home already, and I’m really happy to add this one to the mix.
In this design, I wanted it to feel unmistakably handmade. A lot of traditional forged forms have been standardized through machine replication, and the shapes start to lose their character. I kept the scrolls and curls slightly mismatched so each element feels hand forged over the anvil horn. I’m hoping it brings a fresh way of seeing these older forms.
Thank you @pataustindesign for including me.
Forged steel hardware, machined copper, and brass lamp for my dining room. This corner has been tricky to get right, but I finally figured out the light here.
Inflated hardware — drawer pulls for @pataustindesign
Sheet metal heated and filled with air, swelling like a small balloon, each pull responding differently to temperature and pressure.
This is a technique I learned from the best, @halfroundbastard
¾” x ¾”.
