Out of the U. P.
The Art of a Blacksmith Revealed
Steel Sculptures by
Gordon Gearhart
Opening Reception
July 10, 2010
4 - 6 p.m.
Showing July 10 - August 31
Gordon E. Gearhart is an artist-blacksmith living and working in Marquette, Michigan. With a background in sheet metal and foundry work as well as basic blacksmithing skills, he pursued a degree in Industrial Technology at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan. While attending NMU, Gordon enrolled in a blacksmithing course in the Department of Art and Design. From that point on, using iron and steel to explore sculptural and functional forms became the focus of study. Blacksmithing became the main means of working the materials of choice. After studying blacksmithing and sculpture under the direction of Art Professor Dale Wedig at NMU, Gordon began his business producing architectural, sculptural, and utilitarian metalwork. His work took him across the country including Leadville, Colorado and Jacksonville, Florida before returning to Marquette in 1997 to open his studio.
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If you are remotely interested in Gordon's work online, then you have to go to this gallery and see the work close up. The way Gordon works with steel is more like the way a ceramacist handles clay - somehow making it into a more plastic medium than you'd ever expect steel to be - it is dazzling.
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