Artist Statement

I was asked as part of the course to write an artist statement.

Here is what i came up with, i think it might be changed and tuned up a little.

As an artist what really drives me is the movement and flow of steel. Steel is by far the craziest, most unpredictable material there is. I find myself obsessively trying to move the material in a crazier and faster way, some of which is successful and others are less so. My obsession as i call it has lead me straight to power hammers and i fell in love. With a power hammer i can move steel larger than myself faster than i ever thought possible. Most aspects of my work involve the power hammer. How the pure brutal force of a power hammer shifts a solid bar like it is water is what i strive to get across with my work. Coming from a much more traditional blacksmithing background I feel almost obliged to use these interesting pieces in a more functional fashion than using them as pure decorative. It is much more appealing to me if they end up as a leg of table or a door knocker than a paper weight.