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The Big Aircraft Hanger
Any time you have a big event you need a big shelter. This edition of the anvilfire NEWS has 170 photos by young Shane Curfman of Big BLU hammers. Every photo has a pop-up detail. 
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Russell Jaqua's Last Sculpture Designed by Russell Jaqua of Port Townsend, WA, the massive, spiraling work of art is titled "For Willene." It was a birthday gift for his wife. Because he had Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS, Russell could not work on this project so he asked friends from all over the world to come help. Russell Passed away just a few months after completion of the sculpture. Detail story in Port Townsend Leader Fig. 9. a1037.jpg | |||
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Sculpture Detail
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Passing of a Great Friend
This past weekend (June 10-11) Russell Jaqua left us after a valiant struggle with ALS. He was diagnosed nearly three years ago and given 12-18 months. Way to go, Russ. He was a dear friend for the past 30 years, with a very creative and somewhat lost soul. No one could create such beauty with only flat dies. Without any sort of tooling he would turn a bar into something alive. I'll always remember when he said "Blacksmiths are kinda the Hell's Angels of the art world"! Well, I always thought of Russ as the Bob Dylan of the blacksmith world. Damn, we're sure gonna miss you Russ! Some of you may have known Russ or his art or his anvils; he operated Nimba Forge in Port Townsend WA and made the famous Nimba anvils. His Wife will carry on the business. Memorial will be Thursday at 2:00 at the Catholic Church in Port Townsend. Grant Sarver 6-12-2006 )
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Big Sculpture marked the event as something different.
Here Josh Smith from Big BLU hammers hams it up with boots sculpture by Ries Niemi, A commission from the RTD in Denver Colorado for the Colorado Boulevard light rail station. They are all stainless, electropolished, mostly solid 1/2" round, with some of the trim 5/8" round, and some 1/8" and 3/16" plate. Most every part of them is forged, often with spring swages from Grant Sarver - they are all TIG welded together. 7 feet tall, 7 feet long, around 500 lbs. each. They will get shipped to Denver in September and installed permanently. | |||
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July 27, 2006 ABANA CONF 2006 Comments to: Editor at anvilfire.com |
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