Getting ready to build a new furnace for work. I'm excited to be casting again. Process updates will be posted.
A.C. Van Galder ARt
Metal finishing, Patina Master, Traditional Craft, Sign Painting.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
Monday, July 28, 2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Friday, December 13, 2013
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Traditional Sign
I hope to get the cog/logo portion finished sometime this week.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Wedding gift for a Russian
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Mirrored celling
This was not a project that I personally worked on. Five members of the Scathain family tackled this tall order. The end result is nothing but perfection and beauty.
The antiqued mirrored ceiling is a Scathain gem. Each tile hand cut and mirrored at our studio. It now lives in a room surrounded by original big named art and my home town hero, John Wilde.
Wilde was an artist from my home town. I was introduced to him at a young age. I always looked up to him, respected him and apprecieated his passion. To walk into that room and know that the creative collective that I am a part of made something beautiful that stands in the greatness of Mr. Wilde along with the French poster guy and the other dude that made some pop art, ran a factory, and helped some band that liked bananas and heroin.
Living the dream.
Pizza Man chandelier
This was one of the first projects that I was given creative freedom with the finishing. I wanted the bottle rack to look like it was salvaged from the ashes from the original Pizza Man location.
Its such an honor to work with an object that is so beautifully crafted and designed. We truly have the best resident black smyth at Scathain. Each day I learn something new.