The annual Top Job Award Competition, sponsored by the organization of metal fabrication studios, is open to 1,000 member metalsmith studios in the United States and eleven foreign countries. The awards honor "the best of the best" of metal design work, as selected by a jury of artisan peers.

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1841 courthouse restoration Restoration and reconstruction of Amos Fish style ironwork at the 1841 courthouse in Goshen, NY.

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atrium for crystal showroom A massive arched entrance atrium 12 ft. high and 18 ft. long draws window shoppers through a fantasy of forgework, castwork, and art glass into a crystal emporium.

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beech tree gate Driveway gate in the form of a tree, with the gate parting down the centerline of the textured trunk, and vein-chiseled leaves that fold over one another to form a dimensional canopy.

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crane with chrysanthemum A sculpted table of hand-formed iron and art glass, inspired by Ming Dynasty tapestries.

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eagle gate A gate of nesting eagles, accomplished using trompe-l'oeil techniques and Calderesque line drawings.