The base form is turned wood with chip carving with 24k gold leaf. The branches are forged from steel with patina. The leaves are formed and shaped fine silver with enamel, then etched matte. The flames are formed fine silver and 24k gold, double thick, Keum Boo technique to attach the gold to the fine silver. The leaf buds are carved from wax, then lost wax casting and colored with Prisma Color pencil, then sealed. 3'6"h x 2'5"w x 2'6"d Chapel of the Risen Christ Resurrection Cemetery

The interior of the tabernacle is lined with cedar. The door edges and opening surround are decked with brush brass. The hinge is fabricated from steel. Interior: 10"h x 10"w x 10"d

The Burning Bush Tabernacle sits adjacent to the Sanctuary Lamp. The finished Sanctuary Lamp is 6'h x 4.5"w.

Finished and installed Altar candle. The 2 Altar candles are removable from the stainless steel receiving sockets, embedded in the floor. 4' 2 5/8"h x 8"w

Finished and installed Paschal candle. The Paschal candle is removable from the stainless steel receiving socket, embedded in the floor. 3' 10 5/8"h x 6"w

Bronze top and bottom collars are forged, shaped and Tig welded, patina, & lacquer. The top collar has a stainless steel collar to hold the 7 day candle, which is surrounded by a custom crackle glass cover. Top:10"h x 4.5"w Bottom: 6"h x 4.5"w Both collars are: 6"t x 4.5"w

Bronze top and bottom collars are forged, shaped and Tig welded, patina, & lacquer. The 2 sets of collars are: 6"h x 1 5/8"w

Bronze top and bottom collars are forged, shaped and Tig welded, patina & lacquer. 6"h x 3.25"w

Fabricated, lathed, textured & cast bronze, patina & lacquer. 7 7/8"h x 6 1/2"d x 6"w

detail of candle

The texture on the cross is created with carbide burr in a pencil grinder. The back bronze ellipsoid was carved from hard wax and lost wax cast. All of the elements are Tig welded together.

Detail side view.

The font bowl is stretched/hammered copper sheet with a nickel plating. The lip is Tig welded onto the bowl. The adjacent Paschal Candle collars are forged from bronze sheet and Tig welded. 6"h x 1'3"w

This image showed the hand hammered texture.

The tabernacle is carved from wax, molded, then foundry cast in bronze and finished with a patina and sealed. The tabernacle is flanked by 2 bronze panels with repeating designs of flowers. 12"h x 44.5"w x .5"d

The interior of the tabernacle is made of cedar, with a fabricated bronze face frame with patina. 12"h x 10"w x 10"d

This image shows the detail of the carving of the flowers. The flowers are associated with the Virgin Mary.

There are 16 of these copper light fixtures. Fabricating techniques used are stretching (roof edge), Tig welding, forming, riveting and finished with patina. Each light is constructed from 64 parts. 16"h x 7"w x 9"d

This is a copper and bronze light fixture, one of 25 in this size (32"H). Some of the techniques used are Blacksmithing, casting, milling and hand fabrication. They were finished with a patina and will eventually be allowed to turn green over time.

These copper and bronze light fixtures have a hinged door, to allow the client to easily change the bulbs.

Fabricated and cast from copper, bronze and mild steel, with patina, gesso, Prisma color pencil and gold leaf. 11"h x 17"w x 5"d.

Fabricated bronze crown of thorns with patina. This was to replace a long lost real crown of thorns on a 17th century corpus. Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey- Crypt

The corpus, a 17th century Spanish piece carved from wood, had originally had real hair and a crown of thorns. The monks decided they wanted a bronze crown made to replace the long lost one. Because the corpus was delicate and located several states away, the head was 3D scanned and shipped to me, so it could be made to fit exactly.

Bronze Crown of Thorns-Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey

This African Walking Stick is fabricated from sterling silver, copper, mild steel, patina, gesso, Prisma Color pencil. This piece is a limited edition and can be ordered. 6"h x 13"w x 7"d

I was hired by a local ornamental iron shop, to create 2, opposite, bronze and steel eagle sconces. Each has 250 hand hammered feathers, formed heads and carved talons. They stand 42" tall and weigh 60 lbs. each.

The tropical leaves are fabricated, shaped and formed, with Prisma Color pencil. The lizards are carved from hard wax, then lost wax cast in bronze, then finished with a patina. The base is hand formed copper with a thick copper edge Tig welded on. A patina finishes it off. All of the pieces are movable. 3-4"h (varies) x 3'w x 1'5"d

This spotted lizard is cast in bronze.

This smooth lizard has a curled tail.

Using the funeral home logo, this weathervane was fabricated from copper and brass and finished with a green patina. It stands 36" tall.

Two of these pieces grace the walls of the Pitman Funeral Home. They are hand hammered copper with a patina. They stand 42" tall. The tree is the funeral homes logo.

This was a commission to create a patina on an 8' copper dome to match the color of the 30 yr. old original. A lift was used to reach it 40' in the air.

This is a closeup of the copper dome. A brown patina is applied first, to darken the copper, then a green is applied on top of that.