I have done considerable work with cold-formed copper - but have been interested in the possibilities of working thicker material hot. The surface texturing and fire scale from this process, along with a slight chemical patina give the distinctive finish.

This piece is a smaller version of a possible garden gate. It is sized to fit a window 18" x 36" +. It also could be wall hung as seen here. The uprights are forged from 3/4' angle, flattened and spread to create the circle within an oval pattern in the positive and negative spacing. (Suitable for outdoor use)

This piece is one of a set of garden ornaments/decorative fence posts I designed. It is forged from angle and channel, with a commercial glass disk set on the top. (Suitable for outdoor use)

This knife uses the one-piece handle and blade type that I feel shows off the use of layered steel to best advantage. This piece uses the Middle Eastern 'Damascus' method, where a high layer billet is punched and cut to create distinctive patterns. The starting billet of material was created to illustrate the various possibilities of the technique.

About the time 'The Two Towers' was released, I was contacted by a customer to create a letter opener as a gift. I had been interested in the 'Art Nouveau does Norse' design style created for the Rivendale sequences of the films. I had generated a number of blade profiles for the customer based on these lines. This design (which I liked the best) was not the one he chose.

One of the possibilities with hot forged metals is work on a smaller scale. Here a billet of layered steel has been formed to a thin ribbon, and then the ribbon folded into a series of 'S' curves to form the body of the brooch.

There is a relationship between the hot work of the forge and cold forming thinner or softer metals. Here copper sheet is dished and curved to hold the mirror, which in turn is supported by an agressively forged steel base.