NEW WORK: Titanium & Shou Sugi Ban Oblong Hinge Cuff

“The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.” (Pablo Picasso)

When I use Shou Sugi Ban there is an element of burning away but also preserving what is underneath. It's a beautiful tension. 

Photo Diary: Images from a Cool Summer Day at the GR Studio

new brooches and raw materials 

sanding a component on an oscillating spindle sander

foreground: lamp component; background, hand sanding

a jig test on a piece of bent wood

new cuff components

the artist at work, among his things