Lives Shaped By Steel
Celebrating East Coast Outdoor Metal Artists
By Nancy B. Zastrow
Metal art can bring life to its surroundings. A gate or railing may so perfectly adorn a garden or building that the place would seem bare and ordinary without it. This book is about that kind of metal and the artists who dream it and create it. Interviews with over forty artists tell how they started, what inspires them, and how they approach their work. Color photos show example of gates, railing, and fountains that beautifully complement their settings. These smiths love what they do, and do it against all odds, leading and leaving lives enriched.
Paperback: 11 x 8 1/2” format, 248 pages, with over 300 color photos
ISBN-10: 0-9759489-1-1
Your book is a gem and a great record of the state of artist-blacksmithing along the whole eastern seaboard at this particular moment. It is one of those rare and special milestones that will stand the test of time. This is all the more so because in addition to the staggering amount of material which is presented and presented so well, I can sense from reading your profiles of colleagues with whom I am familiar, that your “radar” and understanding of the personal dynamics and personalities involved is also spot on.
--Dimitri Gerakaris, New Hampshire