Installation
Artist: Boris Bally
Website: Boris Bally

Metamorphic Light
Boris, how did you get started as an artist and what kind of training did you have?
I started working metals in 1974 because of a very enthusiastic and talented jewelry teacher: Steve Korpa. He changed my perception that metal was an unworkable and unforgiving material: “I will make you all into magicians!” he promised. I was hooked after watching him carve the sheet-metal like butter with a miniature jeweler’s saw blade. My next few teachers (Beth Rizo-Patrone and Nelson Maniscalco) kept me addicted with their excitement. Then I started branching out, from jewelry into Martial …read more

A project of the Dutch Design House Demakersvan. Using coated steel wire, the whole idea of a fence undergoes a makeover. From the website:
Our aim is to sparkle of small revolutions. In our projects we often combine the sensitive, emotional and the small with the powerful, large and industrial.
The Laced Fence project translates that line of thinking. Fencing is a sign how we modified and cultivated our environment. Like brambles fences are rising rampantly around us. What would happen if a patch of embroided wire would meet with and continue as an industrial fence. Hostility versus kindness, industrial …read more

Joe Pogan makes the most amazing assemblages from bits and bobs of metal stuff. I fell so in love with his little birds that I just bought one! This one isn’t mine, but it’s representative of Joe’s work. Isn’t it adorable?