Heron Collaboration

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If you follow us and our work at all, you probably know we love collaborations and working with the community. We recently had the chance to work with another local artist, Grant Garmezy, and help him bring one of his glass creations to life.

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Grant's blown and sculpted glass heron with his life-size sketch of the legs he had in mind for the bird.

Kyle working on the feet....

... and the legs.

The completed and installed feet and legs. The weight-bearing leg on the rock is attached by a bolt that runs all the way through the stone base.

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This fall has flown by in a whirl! In addition to our work making and selling metal and mosaic goods, we've been working on bringing RVA Makers, a grassroots networking group we founded three years ago, to the next level. Over the summer we created a board and now we're raising funds to cover the costs of becoming an official non-profit. Whew! Take a peek at the campaign over on Indiegogo.

Meanwhile, here's what we've been up to in the metal, mosaic, and wood department!

This is the third annual trophy we've created for the ie* Innovation Award. We like to change it up a little each year and try something new.

Custom six-hook mosaic coat rack in blue and green. Unfortunately we didn't remember to get a photo of this one during daylight hours, so the colors are a little off in this picture.

Here's some of our work in the Umanoff Design booth at a super fun high end home décor shop. The mixture of furniture and art at this place is so fun to explore!

Candle cups and the small gradient mosaics are a few of our treasures we dropped off at Art 180 for their second annual Atlas Holiday Market, opening Friday December 4.

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For his first demonstration of the day, Kyle showed off his technique for creating forged vessels on the fly press. When he invited the group to try their hand at it, local blacksmith and artist Tom Chenowith gave it a shot (middle bottom photo). Photos by Bruce Manson. Click on photos for larger versions. 

Later Kyle demonstrated some repousee techniques. He created two different flower styles using these techniques. Dishing out the flower on the stump to add some dimension is always an exciting and fiery moment! Photos by Bruce Manson.

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