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Custom Bath Fixtures:  'The Sigerfoos Collection'

6/21/2015

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The client had two words for what she wanted:  “oceany” and “plant.”  With those two words as my directive, I designed, executed, and installed a suite of bath fixtures as part of a client’s home renovation.  I also created a unique paper towel holder for the kitchen (which you can read about HERE). 

I forged steel bar and pipe into grassy stems, anemones, seaweed, and kelp using my 25-lb. Little Giant power hammer and two different sets of dies (drawing dies and art dies). 


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Paper Towel Dispenser: 'The Sigerfoos Collection'

6/20/2015

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This commissioned paper towel holder is nature’s form turned into whimsical function at its finest.  An anemone holds the paper towel roll in place.  A strategically positioned coral arm serves as de facto ‘backstop’ for tearing off a paper towel.    

I was asked to make this common kitchen fixture as part of a client's home renovation.  I thoroughly enjoyed turning a common kitchen fixture into a featured item.   (I also created a suite of bath fixtures for this client which you can read about HERE).


I forged steel bar and pipe using my 25-lb. Little Giant power hammer and two different sets of dies (drawing dies and art dies).  The base is torch-cut 1/2" steel plate.  
I used my usual method of sealing with a clear lacquer after cleaning the metal with a wire wheel. 
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'Scrap' Screen

6/16/2015

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I made this panel from scrap metal in my inventory.  This screen serves as eye candy and as a nod of courtesy to neighbors and visitors so that, when rounding the corner to my house, the first thing they see isn't my scrap bin and metal supply.   I like to keep an inventory of various steel sizes and types, but it’s not always the most attractive site (although I do try to keep the area tidy...).   

The screen is intentionally two-sided so that it looks as good from the ‘back side’ as it does from the street (see the third photo).  This ‘Scrap Screen’ panel measures 5’ tall x 8’ long x 1.5” deep. 
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'Jenny's Critter' mail holder

6/3/2015

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Jenny wanted a mail holder, not unlike my ‘armadillo mail holder’.  Except she didn’t want an armadillo.  

So I pulled an exoskeleton from my scrap pile of previously-started-then-aborted projects -- in this case, an attempt at a pea pod using my tack-and-bend technique.  


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