Today marks the exact midpoint of the Winter season the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. To the ancient Celts this was Called Imbolc which was the festival of the Hearth and Fire goddess Brigid. Below are recent creations from my hearth.

The Kolovrat cast in bronze symbolizes the 8 stations of the Sun throughout the course of the year Solstices,Equinoxes, and the midpoints between them for more information click on the LOGOS tab at the top of the page and read my recent article “Reclaiming the Swastika”

The Ouroboros is a snake eating its own tail symbolizing The hermetic principle of Cause and effect otherwise known as Karma the cycle of reaping and sowing all actions will ultimately return onto the sender. very appropriate for the Chinese lunar year of the snake.

Horus the Solar falcon or hawk pins, hand cut and soldered from silver and Bronze sheet, Horus was symbolic of the rising Sun the protector of land, Truth and Freedom

Ankhs cast in Copper symbolizing the Union of masculine and feminine energy the hemispheres of the mind, Natural Law. The double headed axe an iconic weapon wielded by various solar and storm gods in mythology was also symbolic of the hemispheres of the mind and natural Law its purpose was to cleave the way for others. And of course silver rings set with tigers eye ,labaradite and the Ansuz rune, and a smaller single headed axe with the more practical application of splinting firewood for your hearth

One pattern welded steel short sword with a cedar and copper sheathe.

“A Jack of all trades is master of none but more often then not better then a master of one.”

Construction Services I offer:

• Welding and metal fabrication services
• Fine and finish Carpentry
• Framing, Siding door and window installation
• Small concrete jobs
• Stone, tile, block and cob work
• Metal roof installation
• Stain glass repair
• demolition and dump runs
• Tinyhouses

Some past work highlights. looking to expand my portfolio!

Holly leaf candle holders with copper berries Hail to the holly King of winter. $125 each

Winter tree and spiral shelf and beam brackets. $100 and $300 a set.

541-760-3435

A new Dragon is born at the Forge this Samhain one of the 8 great ancient fire festivals of the year! Sculpted from Steel,Bronze, and copper with enameled green eyes and featuring a solid steel internal gas pipe and threaded port for propane fire, She is the latest study in a life long love affair with Dragons in my art work. In Mythology Dragons and serpents are not inherently evil they are both the tempter and the redeemer, a chaotic force of nature inherent to every person that must be channeled properly being a symbol of Bio energy or Life force. Another meaning of the dragon is like the Magician of The Tarot the synthesis of the 4 elements, with the legs representing the earth, the scales Water, wings Air, and breath Fire, which esoterically represent physicality, emotion, intellect, and Willpower, those aspects of being alive that when combined and brought into harmony with each other that make the wielder truly capable of Miraculous action. Furthermore the dragon as an archetypal expression of Freewill has come to remind you of your sovereignty and burn the throne of government dependence from your Mind!

Concerning the fall of Atlantis: “Idolatry was introduced by encouraging the worship of the images which in the beginning the wise had erected solely as symbols for study and meditation.” -Manley P. hall- The Secret Teachings of all Ages, chapter 22.

Asking price -$3,000

Forged and brazed steel and bronze Eagle emblems. The eagle has always been the symbol of the the thunder god or the planet Jupiter, who’s veneration is the root of what we consider traditional western values,Fathor, Order, Structure, Greatness, Gratitude, Monogamy, Marriage, Conversely the shadow of side of the eagle, is Wrath, bigotry, being condescending, authoritarianism. These characteristics are often misrepresented as christian in origin, but that is because the temples to the thunder god of various names were often transformed into christian churches during the conversion era. The church merely incorporated the existing values of peoples into the new paradigm. Indeed so much of what people love and want to defend about the West is actually based in the Pagan classical world and not on Christianity.

$100 each

New forged camp tripod with fire pot and cauldron perfect for fall camping or your Halloween party. ($550) frying pans ($120) and mushroom yard art. ($125) bring on the rain!

“Fireworks Gandalf Fireworks!” “Dragon, Nonsense there hasn’t been a dragon in these parts for thousand years!” Back to Shrewsbury Renaissance Fair, my home fair, In the lush Kings Valley Oregon, Good Fun good business, And good company, though I have to wonder if I’ve been officially labeled a disturber of the peace? Fire extinguishers were on hand I assure you!

I expanded my workshop with a new wing and added steel roofing and Cedar fascia. Steel roofing services as well as carpentry services are available. As an artist and esoteric scholar I know the importance of aesthetic symmetry especially in architecture. there’s a reason “temple” is a word used for buildings as well as the human head. keep your brain balanced too much to the right with the mammalian cortex and it might fall out and two much to the left in the reptilian cortex and you’ll be closed off to anything new. Politics contorts and preys on this dynamic. The solution is found at the apex between each hemisphere or wing at the human Neo cortex (sovereignty from government) and not in the dirt between them with some kind of (centerist totalitarianism )

Digging trenches laying pipe and spreading concrete for a new drain to keep a building from flooding. Apart from blacksmithing which Ive been at since I was eleven, Concrete work was my formal introduction to the world of the trades when I was 19 and since then I’ve worked off and on doing jobs like this.