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Accessories Drawing

The artful accessory has
an affinity for the warmth, strength and polish of worked metals, to be enjoyed at close hand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top Job Award Crane with Chrysanthemum Table
A Ming Dynasty inspired crane in art glass, steel, and voids explodes into three dimensions in a sculptural table base of trompe l’oeil wings, foliage, and long crane legs gripping beach rocks. 48” diameter.
Award winner.
Crane with Chrysanthemum Table detail Crane with Chrysanthemum Table Crane with Chrysanthemum Table profile Crane with Chrysanthemum table leg gripping a beach rock

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Heron Table
Outdoor entertainment table: a tableau of herons and watery reflections in flame-patinated and waxed copper, art glass, and aluminum, with nickel silvered legs and frame. 74” x 48”
Heron Table detail Heron Table profile Heron Table Profile Heron Table from above

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Peacock Table
A free-form outdoor entertainment table with art glass in brilliant peacock colors, protected by a clear tempered glass functional surface. 74” x 48”

Peacock Table detail Peacock Table

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Ball Leg Table
The robust joy of forging hot metal shows off in this table with the forge-tapered ball legs, and the true rivet connectors float a glass just above the frame. Shown here in black.
Ball Leg Table detail Ball Leg Table from above Ball Leg Table

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Side Table
This simple, gracious table is versatile as a hall table, a portable bar, or a bathroom sink with towels tucked over the handles. The stretchers below can be open or support a shelf. Shown in rust finish.
Side Table detail Couch Table Side Table as a vanity

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Scroll Table Base
Four overscale sturdy scrolls support a round dining table top. Finished in an antique bronze tone.
Scroll Table Base detail Scroll Table Base

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Rose Garden Table
It’s a rose garden sculpture, with multi-hued roses blooming through the winter snows and summer heat. Flip down the circle of roses, and it’s a tea table for two.
Rose garden Table detail Rose Garden Table outside in sculpture position Rose Garden Table in table position Rose Garden Table in sculpture position

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Plant Stand
Gracefully scrolled slender legs support a woven top, finished in burnished bronzes.
Plant Stand detail Plant Stand Plant Stand with plant

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Top Job Award Forged Grille
A playful exploration of forging possibilities, with change of dimension and dimensional buds forged in flame-colored pure iron.
Award winner.
Forged Grille detail Forged Grille Flame colored detail of Forged Grille

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Central Park Door Grille
A classic in buttonhead scrolls, rivet details, and acanthus leaf cups, this grille graces a front entry door on Manhattan’s Central Park.
Central Park Door Grille detail Central Park Door Grille Central Park Door Grille detail

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Antelope Fire Screen
An Art Deco classic, with bronzed antelope, free-standing forged feet, and a classical scrolled crown.
Antelope Fire Screen detail Antelope Fire Screen Antelope Fire Screen profile

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Hinged Fire Screen
Two fire doors for a built-in fireplace, with hammer-peened frame and stainless steel mesh behind  hammer marked hinges.
Hinged Fire Screen detail Hinged Fire Screen

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Rose Fire Screen
Rose Fire Screen detail Rose Fire Screen

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Copper Door
Decorative doors for a closed fireplace, formed of copper sheet, fold-formed into tiny crisp squares and heat-colored to bring out deeper copper tones.
Copper Door detail Copper door installed in a fireplace

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Top Job Award Glass Floor
A diamond grid of steel underlies the herringbone pattern of sandblasted glass slabs that form an observatory floor.
Award winner.
Glass Floor detail Glass Floor from above Glass Floor from below Glass floor from below with staircase

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Top Job Award Two-Storey Winder Staircase
Fitting into a tight complex radius, this winder staircase opens up a dark corner with its custom openwork risers. Hot-split, tapered, collared and pinned railings with understated forgework, and bronze inlaid treads.
Award winner.
Two-Storey Winder Staircase detail Ascending the Two-Storey Winder Staircase Two-Storey Winder Staircase changing direction Detail of bronze open risers

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Top Job Award Crystal Showroom Atrium
A fantasy of cast work, art glass, and free-form metal design transforms a dramatic atrium entrance into a crystal showroom. At 18 ft. long and 12 ft. high, the free-standing atrium creates a fanciful space.
Award winner.
Crystal Showroom Atrium detail Passing through the Crystal Showroom Atrium Inside the Crystal Showroom Atrium looking up Arch detail of the Crystal Showroom Atrium

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Arched Copper Hood
Arched copper range hood fitted to an alcove, with a repoussed spray of maple leaves, in a William Morris style, at the center panel. The copper cove molding was fitted to the arch of the alcove. Large copper rivets accentuate the geometry of the lower arch and feet, which were built to rest on tiled pillars.

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Cabinet Grilles
Metal and wood form a warm combination with this meticulous hand-built grille with hammered flats for rivet detailing.

 

 

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