I'm sculptor and artist blacksmith working with forged sculpture. By using traditional blacksmith techniques and tools I want to show the transformation of metal, how from cold, dead material, the metal becomes alive .
1993-1995 - Franciszek Zulewski .Art smithy .Gdansk, Poland
1995 - Certificate of journeyman in the craft of :Artistic smithery
(Pomeranian chamber of crafts) Gdansk,Poland
1995-1997 - Chris Topp &Co . Art.smithy. Carlton Husthwaite , England
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1998-2000 - Sebastian Fisher Art smithy .Casares,Spain .
- Ferro Design Art smithy .Parragil , Portugal
2004 - Opened own studio Hammer Touch Design and Art.gallery .Skotselv ,
Norway
Exhibitions:
1999: International Art Exhibition , Gibraltar .
2005: „The Fire Shadow” Norsk Bergverksmuseum , Kongsberg .
2005: „Metal Twist Gallery” Norsk Bergverksmuseum , Kongsberg .
2006: Gallery H-11 , Høvik .
2007: HTD Gallery ,Skotselv.
2008: Gallery Møllabekken , Vestfossen .
2008: „Erotica” HTD Gallery .Skotselv.
2008: Gallery Møllabekken , Vestfossen .
Public Sculptures:
2007: „The blacksmiths circle”- Skotselv ,Norway
2008: „We are two” - Skotselv, Norway
2009: „COOP” - Vestfossen ,Norway
2011: „Metal tree of the world” - Skotselv ,Norwa
2011: Installation - „Tribute to vaktmester”-Skotselv,Norway
2011: „Friendship rings”-sculpture created with international group of artists blacksmiths Skotselv ,Norway
Prizes and awards:
2008 -First prize for Art forging Selljord Exhibition. Norway
2008 -Second prize for forged experimental form Seljord Exhibition . Norway.
2011 -Awarded with "badge craft" by Lower Silesian Chamber of Craft.Wroclaw,Poland
2012 -Awarded a „Certificate of Exellence” by 27th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition .New York.USA
Projects:
-Open-air forged sculpture gallery . Skotselv ,Norway
-Forged sculpture in the world of art.
-Gdansk artistic blacksmithing.