Anthony Arkus

Metal Sculpture,  Galeton PA
I am a blacksmith artist making hand-forged architectural elements, furniture, and sculpture. I strive to create work that invites the viewer's touch with a tactile, appealing surface. I fashion organic, botanical forms using abstract, contemporary aesthetics to achieve my goal of creating well-proportioned and timeless functional art. As a blacksmith I work to push this traditional approach to new boundaries, making new methods, built on the old to create furniture and architectural elements for a contemporary collector. My goal is to create work that is not only functional but is beautiful high quality that pushes the viewer's beliefs in what steel can do.