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About Me Deviant Member Stephen Fitz-GeraldMale/United States Groups group avatar #Sacred-geometry
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Fall 2011

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  • Listening to: ambient space music on I-Tunes
  • Reading: NASA postings
  • Watching: underwater live cam(Nautilus)National Geographic
  • Playing: various guitars and my Korg X-3
  • Eating: watermelon
  • Drinking: spirulina crud
Ok,so now we're moving into fall.     September 30th  2011
The last spate of hot weather (95 degrees) for our Indian Summer here in Northern California is ripening the wine grapes nicely.It should be a good harvest if it can be brought in before the predicted rain next week.And speaking of wine grapes,I've just received a (small)commission from a bank that services the wine industry with agricultural loans to make a large wall panel piece for the foyer of their headquarters.It will be a grape plant in forged steel with many leaves and grape clusters.They have a grand opening the end of October so I'm on a deadline. Hopefully i can kick this out in a hurry because I really want to get back to the BRONZE FIGURE that's almost done waiting patiently in my studio...But it's nice to have a little money for supplies.I have two engagements this week cooking dinner for two of my exxes who i have not seen for a long time.It should be interesting...


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Check out this 30 second video of one of my new heavy bowls in 10ga.stainless steel proving how round and well balanced it is...

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Christmas 2011  I've just been interviewed by the website Steampunkcommunity.com
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New videos on you Tube explaining some of my works:

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Professional metal sculptor,site specific designer-fabricator of a full range of metal decorative arts...

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  • Current Residence: Either in the Troll Market or,Cloaked in a big fat cumulus cloud high over Northern California
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: petite
  • Print preference: BIG
  • Interests: Sacred Geometry,metaphysical Devices,Sculpture,nude photogrphy,archeology
  • Favourite movie: Dangerous Beauty,Blade Runner,Fifth Element,Brotherhood of the Wolf
  • Favourite band or musician: Joni Mitchell,Finn bros.Bruce Cockburn,Dead Can DanceTori Amos,Delerium,JudithOwen
  • Favourite genre of music: AMBIENT
  • Favourite artist: Mother Nature (and that's with a capital)
  • Favourite poet or writer: Rilke,Robert Louis Stevenson,de Maupassant,Raphael Sabatini,Sir Walter Scott
  • Favourite photographer: Steven Meisel,Steichen,Rollei Mc Kenna
  • Favourite style of art: Mythic Fantasy
  • Operating System: Jungian Archetypal Rendering
  • MP3 player of choice: the music of the spheres
  • Shell of choice: Junonian
  • Wallpaper of choice: Art Nouveau
  • Skin of choice: Asian female
  • Favourite game: Exqusite torture
  • Favourite gaming platform: My deck
  • Favourite cartoon character: Our Ex-President
  • Personal Quote: To all my students:When it comes to Art,there are no rules
  • Tools of the Trade: Canon,plasma cutter,trip hammer,Venturi forge,Miller,Lincoln,Pexto,Alvarez Yari,Takamine,Wacom

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*100hundredhands May 1, 2012
Beautiful gallery. Really looking forward to seeing what you come up with next.
Just out of curiosity: Does your handle stand for "you ate an artist too" ?

Hope you're well.
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~ou8nrtist2 May 1, 2012
Yes,It's a play on an old Van Halen album title.

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*100hundredhands May 1, 2012
Nice ^_^
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~darkprince1976 Apr 24, 2012  Professional Photographer
hi stephen, am studying metalwork and jewellery design here in the UK and am writing about various artists on DA and would love to add you to that list of artists in my research page, is there any chance you could help me out a little with some of the process you use ? like equipment you use for cold forming ?
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~ou8nrtist2 Apr 24, 2012
Dear Philip,
I'm happy to help.
Much (but certainly not all) of what I do is cold forming.I have a 20 ton press in my home studio but access to several others nearby if I need up to 100 tons to form some difficult shape.So in many respects I am a tool and die maker in that I am making dies for my shapes all the time.My old man taught me long ago that for sculpture it is always better to seduce the form from the material rather than bludgeon the material into submission.In the end ,it will show.The key is to bring the pressure exactly where you want it.This is a finesse job and requires a great deal of forethought,visualization,and quite often unorthodox use of found forms...

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~darkprince1976 Apr 24, 2012  Professional Photographer
thank you so much, this helps greatly. how did you go about making the dies ? do you make it out of wax and do you use a urethane block when forming ?

how much did your 20 ton press cost ?
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~ou8nrtist2 Apr 24, 2012
I bought the frame press new for about $130.oo U.S.from Harbor Freight.I don't use wax or urethane.I am way more practical and flexible than to go by traditional prescribed rules in fabrication.LOL I shop at scrap yards all the time.I grab anything with an organic shape to it that's strong enough to hold together under 20 tons pressure ,or reinforce lighter shapes i like but know will crumple without restructuring.I am in love with bowls (for some reason) so allot of the dies I have and use are rings or bowl shapes themselves,something i can push a flat round disc into.Some of my best dies (for my crenelated sinks)are from a tank cap company.These are hot formed half spheres up to 1" thickness.They will hold their shape even up to 85 tons pressure...

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Mood: Wow! ~Waluy Apr 6, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Stunning work. Any chance you could offer some advice to someone looking to start his own forge in a small area on the fairly cheap side?
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~ou8nrtist2 Apr 6, 2012
I would strat by contacting the local chapter of the american blacksmith's association,and letting them know what your needs,intentions/desires are...They may be able to help with everything from technical expertise to where you can buy the cheapest used forge,anvil ,or hammers...
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