Fire Feature

Lucas Design Associates contacted me to fabricate a custom fire feature they had designed for a residence.

This was fabricated from a 6" diameter x 144" length stainless steel pipe that I squashed down to a 66" length. Once that was done I applied a blackened patina.

Cast Glass & Textured Steel Coffee Table

Here are some pictures of a custom kiln cast green tint glass and heat textured steel coffee table I made for Lucas Design Associates, www.lucasinterior.com. The table legs and edges of the table base are hand forged. Overall dimensions of the coffee table are 54"L x 48"W x 16"H.


Fireplace Surround, Screen, and Tools

Here are pictures of a steel fireplace package I was commissioned to create for a local residence through Lucas Design Associates, www.lucasinterior.com. The work began with a fireplace surround and grew from there to include a self-designed screen and set of tools.

The surround is heat textured and forged, while the screen and tools are hand forged.

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Completed Fireplace Steel


Wall Sculpture

I was commissioned by Lucas Design Associates, www.lucasinterior.com, to forge a sculptural representation of a wall, to scale, as a memento for one of their projects.

Right after forging

Right after forging

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Detail of the texture.

Detail of the texture.

After blackening

After blackening


Via6 Project

Looking back on some of my 2013 projects. Below is a gallery of the work I was commissioned to create for the Via6 building downtown. Via6 is located on the corner of 6th and Lenora in downtown Seattle. 

 

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Urn

Wanted to share a few photos of the urn that I have designed and fabricated for the upcoming exhibit "The Metalsmith and the Urn" at Lundgren Monuments in Seattle. Fabricated from stainless and carbon steel, the urn also functions as a flower vase. 

 

 

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Below are a few process photos from the fabrication. 

 

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Here's a poster about the exhibit: 

 

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The Metalsmith and the Urn

Hello all, 

I wanted to let you all know about a show I have helped curate and will take part in this Fall at Lundgren Monuments in Seattle, WA.  

Bart Turner

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We continue our exploration of craft and design with a new focus on the Metalsmith approaching the urn as sculptural object. This promises to be an exciting, inventive exploration of the cremation urn featuring some of the Pacific Northwest's master craftspeople. Exhibited in our downtown boutique, it is a dizzying display of what an urn could be, fostering conversation and imagination, and broadening our design communities participation and understanding the role of art in our lives and our death. Reception, October 3rd, 5:00 to 8:00 pm.

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