ElementFe is my trade name for the Guemes Island blacksmith shop; designing, forging, and building handcrafted forged steel and iron furniture, gates, railings, candlesticks, spoons, kitchenware and all manner of repair and fabrication.

Showing posts with label Sharon's memorial gate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sharon's memorial gate. Show all posts

Saturday, September 12, 2009




Sharon's husband was quite a sailor, from manning a destroyer in the Big War to small boats on the Sound.
With this in mind I worked out a design that celebrates sailing in the channel below their house.
An interesting feature of this one is that she asked me to stamp a dedication on the bottom of the bottom rail of the swinging gate (side with the boat). It reminds me of Himalayan prayer wheels, where everyone who passes by gives it a whirl, releasing prayers out into creation.