Sunday, August 24, 2008

Driveway Gate


Every artist has their favorite pieces, and this is one of mine. It's an Art Nouveau inspired driveway gate. I love to take cold, hard steel and hammer it into flowing, organic shapes. The forgings are reminiscent of the ironwork produced in europe in the 1900's but the overall design is all modern.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

That is a beautiful example of the blacksmith's art. I am a smith and aspire to that quality as I become more skilled

Mannie Gentile said...

Jill,

I just ran across one of your videos on blacksmithing (while looking for one of mine). Your garden gate video is an exceptional piece of work as the the gate itself.

Your video is as instructional as it is compelling.

Thanks for the glimpse into this ancient industrial art as well as into your forge.

Best wishes,
Mannie Gentile
(mannie1952)

Jill Turman, Artist Blacksmith said...

Thank you for the sweet compliment!

BirdofWoodArtStudio said...

Just finished watching HGTV which profiled your studio/home renovation work. I searched "Jill Blacksmith" an there it all was. Stunning and an inspiration to all Artists. Do you have a crew,staff or seven dwarfs maybe.