Constraint and Release

In Wood, Stone, and Steel we were finally allowed to mix media together to form our own piece independent of the original master copy design. Hallelujah. Of course I wanted to try out a couple of things. One was to pull off the "squished" rock by making grooves and forms in the rock for a constraining material to fit into, making the rest of the rock appear to bulge out arounf the constraining material, in this case, the 1/4" rod stock. Second, I wanted to simplify Gothic architectural style. After a week, it was done.

I got the larger curves in the steel by forging them and beating them around the horn of an anvil. The rod stock was cold forged, and everything else was either cut or drilled.