Because a New Year should start with beauty -

[mac_stone]

Here's the most beautiful smith in the world, we're told.

I dunno about that, though I have a more than passing fondness for women who blacksmith - but she damn sure does beautiful work.

The artist's name is Cal Lane. And the metalworking stuff she's doing is just....wow.



 (I was looking for a jellyfish for avocadovpx , but ran across this, instead -- and haven't been able to stop thinking about it.)

Comments

[cathellisen.livejournal.com]

wow. beautiful.

[eljaydaly.livejournal.com]

That's amazing!

Thank you for sharing that.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Bloody hell.

It's the lacework wheelbarrow and flayed oildrums that do it for me.

[mac-stone.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The shovels, too. I keep staring at the lacework shovels and marveling.

[enggirl.livejournal.com]

Holy Moly! I've never felt the urge to possess a rusted wheelbarrow before! Amazing stuff.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Oh wow that is amazing!

[avocadovpx.livejournal.com]

It's coral-meets-steampunk-Art-Nouveau!

[mac-stone.livejournal.com]

I know, huh? I love that she leaves traces of the slag from the plasma cutter on the edges of the cuts, too, so it looks distinctly like metal, regardless of how delicate the filigree.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

have a more than passing fondness for women who blacksmith

You too, eh?

[mac-stone.livejournal.com]

Heh. *G* Yes.

I'm a horse-shoer, so I have the opportunity to talk to a lot of such women, as well.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Oh, the horrible sacrifices that we must make to remain gainfully employed...

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

That being said... That lady's work is indeed wow.

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

Ye Gods! I can see why you can't stop thinking about it. What a glorious idea for a lighthouse tower basis in the event someone wanted to do a VP lighthouse with their VP year scrolled somewhere within. :)

[skogkatt.livejournal.com]

Wow! Her work is amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[hysteresismonky.livejournal.com]

Hey, that looks familiar. Yes! I've seen her work on display at the DeCordova Museum.

[mac-stone.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'd love to see her stuff -- it doesn't look as if she shows on the west coast much at all, though.

[varkat.livejournal.com]

Wow, absolutely amazing!

[chickenfried-jo.livejournal.com]

hello and happy new year/decade.
She is lovely and so is her work. I love seeing everyday items made into lacy lovely art.
Thank you for the links.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Wow, her work is amazing! I love the shovels.

[mac-stone.livejournal.com]

The shovels and the I-beams both had my just sort of gaping in admiration.

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

That's a woman with a vision.

Catherine

[mac-stone.livejournal.com]

Definitely. There's that thing about re-visioning something familiar and prosaic, and creating something unfamiliar and ethereal from that original object.

[yellowhorde.livejournal.com]

That is so freaking COOL!

[daoinesidh.livejournal.com]

"I was looking for a jellyfish for avocadovpx , but ran across this, instead ..."

Now that is a series of Google searches that I would love to watch unfold ... :)

She does do amazing work - quite breathtakingly intricate and beautiful!!