Posts tagged metal
Blast Furnace typology by Bernd and Hilla Becher :: via Coilhouse
I'm a fan of many of the Bechers' signature typologies, grids of photos of various categories of industrial structure, but their blast furnaces in particular have stuck with me, how for all their alienness and pure-functionality they still resemble figures in repose.
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Blacksmith demonstration
Blacksmith demonstration
Master blacksmith, 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Washington, D.C., by David Dorwin, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage :: via flickr/The Commons
I love the tension between violence and artful precision in this photo -- and the way that the rod (chisel?) sits nestled in the center of the center of the scroll. And, of course, the more general idea of making life's necessary boundaries a bit more thoughtful, more graceful.
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