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About the artist |
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Richard Ferguson has always been
fascinated by
metal and
welding. He was given an oxygen-acetylene welder as a
teenager. After graduating from engineering school, he worked in
a steel mill, where he
rarely saw a crane of less than 50 ton capacity, and hot metal meant
hundreds of tons of molten steel. When he left the steel mill for the
telephone company, he largely left metal behind. Since he
retired, he has been blessed with the opportunity to make metal
sculptures. Richard has lived in Boulder Colorado for
30 years. He enjoys designing and making some of his own tools. He has attended numerous conferences related to various aspects of metalworking, including metalshaping, metalsmithing, and blacksmithing. In 2007 he attended the Rocky Mountain Smiths blacksmithing convention. In 2006 he studied chasing and repousse under Valentin Yotkov. In 2005 he studied sculpture at Anderson Ranch with James Surls. He has studied sculpture at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and blacksmithing under David Norrie. In July 2009, he completed and installed a major sculpture of a firebird rising from the flames. In 2008, he was represented by the Muse Gallery in Longmont. In 2007, he was juried into Boulder Open Studios. In February 2007, he participated in a four artist show at the Kazzaz Gallery in Denver. He was represented by Full Spectrum Gallery in Longmont Colorado during 2006 and 2007. He participated in the Loveland Invitational Sculpture Show in 2004 and 2005. |
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