Metal Art
by Dustin Sypher

About Dustin:

In the years since I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Kansas in Sculpture, I have steadily worked toward my dream of working in the arts through the medium of blacksmithing.
This quest began when I was growing up, hearing my grandmother tell stories of my great grandfather and his dad working in their smithy making common parts and tools for windmills. My great great grandfather was a pioneer in Mullinville, KS and a well driller who drilled the pilot hole for the world’s largest hand dug well in Greensburg.


I intend to continue to make fireplace accessories, sculptures, garden trellises and garden art, staircase railings, wall sconces and other lighting fixtures, furniture, and other “wrought iron” (old term) or rather—hand-forged ornamental ironwork.

I enjoy the processes of fabricating, casting, forging, and sculpting with emphasis in design details. I would like to contribute to the preservation of a lost art—forging metal. Everywhere I go, I see the necessity and practicality of art and design, and I have a strong desire to extend appreciation for the fundamental importance of the arts. I hope to move into teaching blacksmithing to people who are interested because I really enjoy working with people and collaborating and sharing ideas


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