In this project i intend to respond to a commision of making a door gate up for a eldery couple. I will be using my fifty images of lines and curves to fuel the ideas going into it, i need to look into several different kinds of gates such as panel gates and gates that really go outside the boundaries of what a gate really is.
This is a really ambitious project for me to take on, i have helped make componets of a gate before but i have never made all the parts and assembled it alone and i am really looking forward to getting into the building.
The sorts of processes i will be using is alot of joining techinques which i need to start getting to grips with as soon as i am in the forge next. I will be doing alot of bending aswell, there is alot of different types of bending including free hand and using the fly press, this kind of research will be filling up my tech journal.
As far as artist referances go to inform my designs i really need to start looking into more gates, i have alot of blacksmiths names who have made some crazy gates and i need to start nailing them down and maybe sending out a few messages about process and techinque.
My own personal boundaries for this project will be what has been set by the couple, they need a gate this isnt too heavy that they cant move it aswell as a gate that has a closed in bottom part because of there small dog, as well as the features they have told me i really want to get to know them and the space that the gate will end up in to make sure it fits with the surroundings.
Overall i am really exicted to be taking on this project, its a big project but i have always been one for jumping in at the deep end and learning to swim during.
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