March 1996. Green granite, steel. Dimensions: 33 × 16 × 8 in (84 × 41 × 20 cm).
Private collection
Many of my works incorporate anvils, either real or cast. Anvils have the shape suggestive of a boat or vessel which implies journey which interests me. But further, as a metal worker and “assembler”, the anvil is the place where I physically and conceptually forge things together; for me it is the symbolic place where the “art” is born - there is an art spirit that comes off the anvil. It‘s almost like an altar. I've titled many of these pieces Ara, which is Latin for altar.
March 1996. Green granite, steel. Dimensions: 33 × 16 × 8 in (84 × 41 × 20 cm).
Private collection
Many of my works incorporate anvils, either real or cast. Anvils have the shape suggestive of a boat or vessel which implies journey which interests me. But further, as a metal worker and “assembler”, the anvil is the place where I physically and conceptually forge things together; for me it is the symbolic place where the “art” is born - there is an art spirit that comes off the anvil. It‘s almost like an altar. I've titled many of these pieces Ara, which is Latin for altar.
original assembly
