I love to be able to create peoples dreams that cannot believe it could be made out of metal with hand tools.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
When the client comes in with some ideas and me not knowing how the heck I'm going to make it. Very detailed work is very tedious, but very rewarding at the end so I don't have a favorite because everything I do I love.
Where do you find inspiration?My library and other fellow craftsman and old demonstration videos and nature. My mentor once said what do you want to make so I started looking at grand railings and real high-end work dreaming how do I make it.
What would you do with $25,000?My mentor said never give up so I would create a school for people to come and try out and bring in all the greats to teach me and others in the community to keep the knowledge going. Blacksmithing equipment is very expensive it would help get things rolling the right direction to grow my school.
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