Steel desks made from 1/8” plate welded. A 3/4” channel was cut out to insert a piece of glass into the table. Desks were treated with a patina and sealed.
This is a 1/4” plate steel ring I created that is set into a sloped embankment bisected by a set of concrete stairs. I welded together 4 pieces of rolled plate on site using a jig I created to maintain an even curve. The ring will be left to rust and filled with plants.
A very short video of me shooting metal lights I created with a shotgun.
Outdoor lighting I designed and created for Concrete Bloom Bursts, an award winning installation designed by Victoria Taylor, a Toronto-based landscape architect (victoriataylor@sympatico.ca). I used corrugated steel roofing from a barn and formed them into 40” to 30” rectangles. I then used my shotgun to make holes in the metal to let the light I placed inside shine through. The installation contained 18 lights.
This is an eyeglasses store interior I clad with reclaimed hemlock in a radial pattern and a hot rolled steel and glass display case. The display case has a glass top with a front sliding door.
Recently I was asked to clad two fireplaces in black powder coated steel. They both needed updating and the metal gave them a cleaner look.
I took my metal saw to the scrapyard and removed several pieces of old panel vans. These were then formed into reclaimed metal panels. The metal has interesting wear patterns that reveal different layers of paint creating atmospheric landscapes.
Here I’ve created a bi-folding four panel metal gate. The atomic symbol was plasma cut from one inch plate steel and then cut into four pieces and placed within the panels. The atomic symbol used here came from a vintage screen print.
I made this sign for a downtown eyeglasses store out of hot rolled steel that I watermarked. The watermarking gave it an interesting pattern almost like a wood grain. I powder coated the sign using a clear coat that I had made up to give the metal a natural look as though it hadn’t been coated at all showing all of the characteristics of the original surface.
These are handmade gun blued metal shelf brackets I’ve designed. They are used with cedar and walnut shelves in the photos.
A gun blued hand rail I created for three flights of stairs. The blue came out very deep and I clear coated it to preserve the finish.
Reclaimed barn weatherboard fence in a graduated size and colour assemblage. Garage covered in a mennonite vintage style tin cladding. I designed minimalist jungle gym type bars to go in front of the garage. Gate for other end of property done in similar materials.
Recently completed table for artist Paul Butler designed by Craig Alun Smith. Table is 10’ by 4’ solid oak with a saw toothed pattern cut out through the middle. Through this cutout 10’ and 12’ steel rods extend with four of them acting as legs. This gives the impression that the table is floating with powder coated rods extending through it’s center.A few of the rods function as lights for the table. I built four matching oak benches for this table also designed by Craig.
Rooftop deck and garden on third floor Edwardian home in Toronto with louvered screen. Louvers were constructed out of reclaimed wood and rotate to let light pass through and close to enable film projection. Six feet by four feet reclaimed corrugated glass panels hoisted to 3rd floor and fixed into place within a steel frame. Formed plate steel bar runs the length of the deck. Rooftop planter baskets hang at the floor between the deck joists to create garden space (not shown in detail).
