Archive for the 'Metal Art' Category
Robert Rickard, best known at Gallery Five for his popular line of metal art clocks, also launched his Rickard Studio last year to reflect his broader scope of work – from his clocks to sculptures, furniture, wall pieces, and more. His new collection of sculpture, forged in stainless steel, and designed for indoor or outdoor use, is being embraced by master planners, architects, and developers as well as collectors.
Artist’s Statement
Robert Rickard’s contemporary home in the mountains above Taos, New Mexico can be characterized by infinite peace and silence. Except, of course, when he is in his spacious studio next door; then the sounds of tools working steel and aluminum reverberate across the valley.
Rickard’s work is incredibly vivid and yet very natural. The colors are reminiscent of the sunsets over the Rio Grande Gorge, which he sees from his studio. It is in that bright, airy studio that Rickard creates memorable pieces which harness the myriad properties of metals: their rigidity, their pliability, and their essential chemical make-up.
His is a scientific approach. After using a hand-held plasma cutter to carve his designs into the base metal, each sculpture is then coated with other metals; typically copper, bronze, and iron. Each of these metals reacts differently to the chemical patinas and dye oxides with which the pieces are finished, creating a rich palette of hues.
Rickard is an honored Niche Awards Finalist and is a juried participant in several exclusive shows. “I have been deeply humbled and grateful for the way that I have been welcomed into galleries and collectors homes,” says Rickard.
copper face double circle wall clock
Girardini Design metal art collection at Gallery Five includes clocks, lamps, vases, fruit baskets, and more.
Julie and Ken Girardini are a husband and wife design team who have been working with metal for the past eighteen years. They have participated in some of the finest juried craft shows over those years.
They are self taught in all aspects of metal work, and explore daily with different finishing techniques, e.g., grinding, polishing, and patination of metals to achieve a light reflective and alluring surface. Ken welds using a TIG welder in addition to a plasma cutter to cut the steel. They have fabricated a number of cutting jigs to efficiently use this machine, and also utilize a variety of saws, sanders and grinders.
flying dragon wall clock
The Girardinis strongly feel that objects which people interact with daily need to be well designed and functional in addition to being beautiful.
Gallery Five is where you can find limited edition, handcrafted in the USA, unique gifts: ceramics, glass, fiber, metal and wood – and wearable art: clothes, accessories and jewelry.
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A Gallery Five online collection of handmade fine crafts showcases ceramics, wood, glass, metal, fiber, sculptures, wall art, and functional art by prominent and promising craftsmen throughout the United States.
February 14th is Valentines Day – a worldwide celebration of love and romance, marked by giving red roses and hearts or giving unique gifts and by sending valentines.
Gallery Five has a collection of unique gifts and art-to-wear jewelry handcrafted by prominent and promising artisans.
glass hearts by Lisa Aronzon
metal clocks by Hays-Cash
heart rattles by Caroline Koons
Gifts for Him. Resource Revival Recycles Bicycle Parts into Art
Author: cathy lynn
Green since 1991, all of Resource Revival’s recycled products are unique and original designs, the result of 15+ years of constant innovation and refinement; and they are made by real people, not mass produced. These make wonderful unique gifts for him.
Fun, functional products from recycled bicycle parts. They collect tons of discarded bicycle parts every year from bike shops all over the United States. Then their team of artists tinkers with them until new products are born. This is Resource Revival!
The idea for Resource Revival came to Graham Bergh in 1991 when he got a flat tire biking to his recycling job in Portland, Oregon. In the years since his company, started in 1994, has grown slowly and steadily with the help of dozens of artists and recyclers. Today Graham is still actively involved in new product development and customer service, as is Jim Hassert, artist and philosopher, who joined Resource Revival in 2002.
Gallery Five is your online source for finding unique handcrafted gift ideas for friends and family. We’ve got great gift ideas and unique gifts for every occasion. Here are some recommendations and customer favorites for the upcoming holiday season.
On the whimsical side, pictured right is a unique wall art mirror by Doug Hays and Penny Cash.
Julie and Ken Girardini are a husband and wife design team who have been working with metal for the past eighteen years. They have participated in some of the finest juried craft shows over those years. View Gallery Five’s contemporary metal art collection by Girardini Design.
They are self taught in all aspects of metal work, and explore daily with different finishing techniques, e.g., grinding, polishing, and patination of metals to achieve a light reflective and alluring surface. Ken welds using a TIG welder in addition to a plasma cutter to cut the steel. They have fabricated a number of cutting jigs to efficiently use this machine, and also utilize a variety of saws, sanders and grinders.
The Girardinis strongly feel that objects which people interact with daily need to be well designed and functional in addition to being beautiful.