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"Ben and Kate Gatski honor agriculture through art. they established Gatski Metal to design unique metal works that express their connection to art. Ben and Kate use remnants of agricultural machinery to create sculpture. They scour local farms for abandoned farm equipment, looking for unique bits and pieces to create their work.
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Red Fish
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Green Pig
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Big Brown Cow
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Yellow Chicken
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"The Czech-born Mr. Savrda trained as a graphic designer in Prague and worked in that field for most of the time since he came to the United States 30 years ago. He switched to metal sculpture three years ago after he began making small metal ornaments for himself and soon moved out of the city to Connecticut. 'Graphic design is clean and doesn't need much space,'he said. 'This is dirty work and needs lot of space.'Usually things have been born inside my head,' he said. 'I scribble things on a piece of paper, and somehow they fall together. I work on something and look for the perfect form.' Then he cuts the metals -- galvanized steel, wire and sometimes copper or brass -- with metal shears. He then places his sheet metal on a wooden form, hammers the relief decoration onto the individual pieces, rivets them together and sets the piece in motion. And that's when the fun begins. One man's scrap metal is Mr. Savrda's raw material for sculptures, primarily kinetic sculptures. 'There is something about the movement,' he said. 'I used to do more ornamental work, but now I'm getting more into experimental sculptural work."
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Dancing Queen
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Shooting Gallery
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Birdman on Branch
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Rite of Spring
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After years of working primarily with glass, Grace Gunning found old 1890's metal forming machines and began to experiment with a very heavy gauge of copper, hoping to learn to form a box. It took a year or so to teach herself the techniques that are all but lost in this very modern world. In time the boxes, eached formed one at a time, became more than just boxes. Although the word Reliquary means ' a receptacle for treasures ', Grace hopes she's created a treasure to hold your treasures.
Growing up in Blacklick, Ohio in the late 50's and early 60's as a Quaker and moving to N.Y.C. as a teenager in the later 60's gave Grace the sense that life is whackier than we can even imagine. In her studio in upstate N.Y. , along the mighty Hudson River, past meets present. Through the work of play and the play of work, and these marvelous old machines, Grace brings you her Reliquary Boxes.
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The Brain
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This copper box, one of Grace's "Changlings" has a transparent head that, when rolled, reveals the brain below. It measures 5" x6".
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Eifel Tower Box
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The tower is below a layer of black beads that roll around, covering the tower. Mother of Pearl and copper. It measure 5" by 6".
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Chicken Box
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The chicken image is black over mother of pearl.This box measures 3" by 6".
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Three Little Boxes
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Each of these boxes measures 3 inches almost square. this series has a variety of objects under their glass lid.
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Stuart Gray creates beautiful porcelain shades that are translucent, letting the 60 watt light shine through. The shades are created by growing "crystals" in the firing process, each one completely different. The technique of growing the crystals in the firng process, is a skill, that Stuart has honed well. The lamps stand 21 " tall.
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Three Lamps
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These lights come in a range of colors, both in the bases and the shades. they stand 21" tall.
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Al Stephens worked for almost 20 years in high-production industry in St. Louis, MO. Al was introduced to the art of blacksmithing while on a visit to a historic site in Illinois. He became a volunteer at the park's 19th century blacksmith shop equipped with bellows, coal forge, anvil, and vise. Over the next several years many patient smiths helped and encouraged Al to develop his skills. The Stephens' moved to Pennsylvania so Al could pursue full-time employment as a blacksmith forging colonial hardware reproductions and custom projects. In 2000 Al and his wife Sylvia started Pequea Valley Forge. Al's background of working in different environments -- in the trades, in a historic setting with minimal tools, and in a modern shop --- have allowed him to be successful in crafting contemporary hand-forged items that sell well in gallery settings. Pequea Valley Forge is dedicated to high quality work with attention to craftsmanship, form and function.
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Pans , Flippers and Choppers
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The Fajita Pan measures 10" X 7". The Skillet is 9" in diameter. The Herb Chopper is 6", and the Flippers run from 12" to 18" in length. All are hand forged.
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The vintage bird collection, designed by Jim Mullan, was inspired by his fascination with birds and antique objects. The crows were used as hunting decoys in the 30’s and 40’s and the smaller birds were carved in the 1950’s. The original decoys were passed on to Jim in 1991 and just recently he has turned each one into an eclectic one of a kind piece of art. You can see Jim’s lively sense of humor in each one of his creations.
Jim begins by hand painting each bird and then adds a variety of vintage pieces when creating his sculptures. The unusual relic’s he uses, such as, croquet balls, binoculars and old toys give each inspiring bird his own personality. Objects that were cast aside as useless are used in his designs to demonstrate the fragile balance between nature and industry.
Ancient Yet Contemporary
Tibet Rug Company emerged in 1991 with a clear vision--to unite our worlds in creative expression. The concept was simple: to combine the ancient art of Tibetan hand-knotting with original, contemporary design to create an evolving collection of rugs crafted with structural and artistic integrity.
Tibet Rug Company is a joint venture between Jim Webber of Foothill Oriental Rugs in Salt Lake City, Utah and Tibetan refugees involved in carpet manufacturing in Kathmandu, Nepal. Jim enlists a team of Utah artists to develop designs and colors for rugs to suit broad American tastes. Twice annually, he travels to Kathmandu to work in the factory dyeing wool, laying out the designs, and developing prototypes for final consideration.
The rugs come in sizes 2X3 to 9X12, with custom sizing available.
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Kelp
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Poppies
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Poppies is availalbe in Sage and Green.
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Sol
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Sol is available in Sage and Moss.
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Sundial
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Sundial is available in Chocolate and Olive.
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The history of Home & Garden Ornament begins with its founder, Richard Vearl Abbott. Born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1951, Richard from his early youth had shown an avid interest in and aptitude for art. After a stint in the Army in the early 70’s, these interests and gifts were shaped into knowledge as he pursued an education at the Portland School of Art (Portland, Maine). He majored in painting, while also exploring other fields of interest in sculpture, printmaking and art history. After receiving his BFA with honors from Portland, he continued his training at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), receiving an MFA in painting. After graduating, he painted, taught, performed a variety of odd jobs, married and had a family.
It was while working on a commission for designing and sculpting a decorative frieze for Philadelphia architect Robert Venturi that the seeds for Home & Garden Ornament were sown. As he researched ideas for the above, Richard experienced a growing fascination with ancient, medieval and Renaissance cultures’ concepts of every day beauty in their utensils, functional objects and decorations. To participate in the ancient traditions of artisan-craftsmen seemed a wonderful pursuit. Thoughts of making high quality,decorative sculpture slowly took shape. As he worked out the technical possibilities of rubber mold making, casting in cement, use of masonry dyes, he realized that his dreams had the potential to become reality.
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Dragonfly
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Goose
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Horse
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Pig
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Rooster
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Chick
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