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Posted by Andrew Molinaro on November 23, 2006, 1:32 pm
Please log in for more thread options Hahahahaha. Us stuffed? Well maybe, but we certainly spend as much time
picking on ourselves as we do picking on others. I think that balances out
on some cosmic scale.
I became rediculously pretentions and snooty about smithing over the
years. Only recently (past 2 years or so) have I become more laid back. I
have been reminded O so many times how little I know that I think it has
gotten into my head.
We are always being idiots in the shop and I am always trying to take
smithing seriously. *It is a bit of a dichotomy but thta is the way life
is. I see a lot of crap that people think is smithing I feel responsible to
maintain some sort of dignity in the craft. In the states anybody who picks
up a hammer and hits a (often not) hot peice of metal calls himself a
master. It kind of makes me sick. I have learned to bite my tongue and
encourage people instead of rip on them.....except for my apprentices.
Someday though i am going to pull a "Kramer" and get myself in a whole lot
of trouble.
OK rant done. Now you really think I am a "stuffed shirt". Don't let
it get out. My wife will be devastated.
Andrew
> Love the work.
>
> I checked out all the images and thought for a moment that you guys were a
> bunch of stuffed shirts...
>
> Fortunately I saw the comic gallery, and am glad to say that you're a
> bunch of loons like the rest of us :-D
>
>
> Regards Charles
>
> Andrew Molinaro wrote:
>
>> Hey!
>>
>> I just went down to a customers house today to finish up some items.
>> I finally got some pics of the railing and the copper cladding we did. I
>> think it looks much better in real life. Pardon the dirt. She has been
>> doing a lot of construction work and the rails need to be rewaxed and
>> polished.
>>
>> www.artisansoftheanvil.com/gallery
>>
>> Click on the new projects and then let me know what you think.
>>
>> It is a design by a student of Gaudi named Jujol. What the rest of
>> his name is I havent the faintest. Anyway, the customer supplied a photo
>> from 192? and we did our best to provide. It is not a style in my
>> comfort zone and so was quite frustrating. One of my employees at the
>> time did the redseign and preproduction work. Unfortunately he left to
>> get his masters degree before we started production. Aaaaargh! I was
>> stuck making the work. By the time i was done, I had learned to go
>> outside my comfort zone and even learned to appreciate "loose" ironwork.
>> I have seen a few others try their hand at this rail. The photo (the
>> one the customer supplied) must have been in Architectural digest because
>> I have seen two versions in the Anvils ring since we did this rail.
>>
>> I would love to hear your opinions on this.
>>
>>
>> Andrew
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