tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29759324745314852142024-02-19T04:36:45.377-08:00Artist Blacksmithwww.gabrielmetalartist.comTim Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07563817868379262039noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975932474531485214.post-45307700597306540822013-03-18T21:16:00.000-07:002013-03-18T22:40:20.928-07:00Finish and Deliver<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The feathers were forged from 14 gage mild steel, acid etched, patinated, and then clear enameled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The final finish was done with two coats of clear enamel</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like how the color comes up through the black.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This picture and the other two detail pictures of the pedstal </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixR9-_fhA-YkhPzVjnN6coKXFtz49zwiWKPMla6qbkw3rjKoW4ksA_goztmO7RBYQzus5FwV45lQ_7TzzBnvXZq3E8BZlgZjC8gZ3pNaDWCif5tgPjMVnQvBwRgAkuLCaz3eNhdTkg0H9G/s1600/chief+joe+on+stand+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">were taken by Rick Paulson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pedistal was delivered to the client and the Chief Joseph statue entilted "Freedom" rests comfortably.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chief Joseph looks up at the eagle as it begins to take flight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My camera phone picture doesn't do David Manuel's art justice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you R & C for believing in me and supporting my passion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 days flew by while I was working on two projects at the same time. let's see if I can get the blog caught up to today without writing a book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I riveted all the symbols on the pedestal parts instead of welding to preserve the sharp detail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then all the parts were welded together.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYbuup50yZrLYIX1PLgLGSbaiHgmZn9Gk3n1KcplEQdaf0_TDgwMp5P3vN2kg7foHityJS_uTbjt7YO4sCvC_RfiYFC6OZW0x29y-QyPcU2z0hgTqj9TlniwnztxLKXrIPwxLcb_m6IT3/s1600/weld+all.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYbuup50yZrLYIX1PLgLGSbaiHgmZn9Gk3n1KcplEQdaf0_TDgwMp5P3vN2kg7foHityJS_uTbjt7YO4sCvC_RfiYFC6OZW0x29y-QyPcU2z0hgTqj9TlniwnztxLKXrIPwxLcb_m6IT3/s400/weld+all.jpg" width="286" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The metal leather was stretched over the drum top and held with metal rawhide</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATAqXxK-IiChl3RXV46_6mmpsQ40R1i1iTkAnvu5UXT-tkGNfke6H9azm_nckGEv6azNgX0IlvpLLEFcMnhp-Ans7RZm1MZaSGOJE8MXRmL63cO9eT4P-mjxaT0zFdaSvp-ikQxRI3s_E/s1600/top+welded.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATAqXxK-IiChl3RXV46_6mmpsQ40R1i1iTkAnvu5UXT-tkGNfke6H9azm_nckGEv6azNgX0IlvpLLEFcMnhp-Ans7RZm1MZaSGOJE8MXRmL63cO9eT4P-mjxaT0zFdaSvp-ikQxRI3s_E/s400/top+welded.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a sunny day so moved the stand outside to get a good look at the shadows and texture.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShULqJKvILGeLB_nflhkzY_2IFz95hyphenhyphenW_pM-KnBTY47KL2yUmNJuRXLSumYQef2buA6bVZZP81n_1R9Zr5Yh9OHYK43V3qb8TIjJReFQZtrK60JDKHa9WtOQBOndFtYwNCu0CCXFS4I8I/s1600/outside+sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShULqJKvILGeLB_nflhkzY_2IFz95hyphenhyphenW_pM-KnBTY47KL2yUmNJuRXLSumYQef2buA6bVZZP81n_1R9Zr5Yh9OHYK43V3qb8TIjJReFQZtrK60JDKHa9WtOQBOndFtYwNCu0CCXFS4I8I/s400/outside+sun.jpg" width="392" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The first day of painting started with primer.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-6IpV4Go3u7ZcjDG5nLpJQ4X6-SiBYHvZerEK-gYSw3lu-kTNvFg3_OjrQYtw_axIryFTrQxej6af9CImVasanU2GdKdicu0oaAkMmTX-9s5iRWm9dbYY5lAZq60DJGnSvpkL5-PHpv2/s1600/paint+boy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-6IpV4Go3u7ZcjDG5nLpJQ4X6-SiBYHvZerEK-gYSw3lu-kTNvFg3_OjrQYtw_axIryFTrQxej6af9CImVasanU2GdKdicu0oaAkMmTX-9s5iRWm9dbYY5lAZq60DJGnSvpkL5-PHpv2/s400/paint+boy.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Two days later I painted it red.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two days later I painted it orange.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2" Thick bars are heavily textured in the forge then grooved on the fly press.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out of the mouth of the dragon comes the textured side of the drum.</span><br />
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Tim Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07563817868379262039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975932474531485214.post-58400043175351329552012-12-22T22:10:00.000-08:002012-12-22T22:10:31.403-08:00Belt Buckle for RJD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">After the backside clips were welded I gave it a gunmetal blue patina and finished it with two coats of clear matt enamel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tim Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07563817868379262039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975932474531485214.post-82755340924885263882012-12-22T20:23:00.000-08:002012-12-22T20:23:04.071-08:00WASHINGTON COUNTY OPEN STUDIOS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Josh Harding visited my studio and made this video of me. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://cargocollective.com/JoshuaHarding#Tim-Gabriel-Artist-Blacksmith">Take a look by clicking here.</a></span></div>
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</div></div></div></div>Tim Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07563817868379262039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975932474531485214.post-31818095268712656332011-08-07T21:14:00.000-07:002011-08-07T23:05:14.095-07:00Children’s Garden Gate Part 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84kZX6fCVDq7IW3frvODAS88USsCMYGJAatTzWOA7APAb6z4aj7zY3QOTZAeP07m_W504ElfY3Ikj5x56f2ytKQgW8MQXray3ayIwnxO8OEruBo3O3PxDlABYuVkgWhGtTm7c2-_OM-eX/s1600/scroll+form.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84kZX6fCVDq7IW3frvODAS88USsCMYGJAatTzWOA7APAb6z4aj7zY3QOTZAeP07m_W504ElfY3Ikj5x56f2ytKQgW8MQXray3ayIwnxO8OEruBo3O3PxDlABYuVkgWhGtTm7c2-_OM-eX/s400/scroll+form.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div align="left" closure_uid_x64if="186"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_783ic="187" closure_uid_tmbkrm="191" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span closure_uid_783ic="222" closure_uid_p7brsz="118" style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then everything is welded solid so water can't get inside the metal connections and rust.</span></div></div>Tim Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07563817868379262039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975932474531485214.post-78252568884338681612011-08-07T19:10:00.000-07:002011-08-07T19:32:59.827-07:00Children’s Garden Gate Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1Vu0EDUgIUF7Xn5WSZSl8KnWMi2pN46MmJc4dcWetN23HszLVcwfYK0uYvUeoucUQvw2NSvcLej-R0pgz0b-ZZC4JlZ8df8mXkBQGVRx18XBSj9n-3b_vi-o104iBPMFkHN_ErTYhLtG/s1600/Overhead+Transfer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1Vu0EDUgIUF7Xn5WSZSl8KnWMi2pN46MmJc4dcWetN23HszLVcwfYK0uYvUeoucUQvw2NSvcLej-R0pgz0b-ZZC4JlZ8df8mXkBQGVRx18XBSj9n-3b_vi-o104iBPMFkHN_ErTYhLtG/s400/Overhead+Transfer.jpg" t$="true" width="291" /></a></div><div align="left" closure_uid_8x3ioq="181"></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_8x3ioq="187" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twisted iron vines with end leaves grow wild in the garden. This is the Muse for a five piece trellis.</span></div><div align="left"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tomorrow I’ll start forging the flowers and vines that go in the open areas of the gates.</span>Tim Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07563817868379262039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975932474531485214.post-34399525481959018712011-02-12T21:26:00.000-08:002011-02-12T21:41:52.899-08:00Letter Openers<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well I made some progress on the courtyard gate but got distracted again. Are you beginning to see a trend here?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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