Joe Burleigh-Artist Blacksmith

Roaring Forge, 618 Buggy Circle, Carbondale, Colorado 81623
phone and fax: 970-963-1930
e-mail: joeburleigh(at)live.com



Joe Burleigh specializes in ornamental and sculptural iron work.
Photographs of some of Joe Burleigh's artwork:


Figure 1: A wrought iron table with two wrought iron candlesticks (made from one inch bolts and copper bar) and an owl (made from steel pipe).


Figure 2: A wrought iron coat rack and two plant stands.


Figure 3: "Celtic Knot Iron Cross" on the left. On the right is "Ants on a moebius strip" after M.C. Eschers's woodcut titled "Mobius II ."


Figure 4: "MerKaBa Duro" currently displayed on Main Street, in Grand Junction, CO (June 2008).
The MerKaBa is two equally sized, interlocked tetrahedra, also called a stella octangula or stellated octahedron.


Figure 5: Swords for children hammered from black iron pipe, with a welded guard. My son requested one after seeing "Lord of the Rings." I made a sword for each of his friends, and these two we gave to his cousins.


Figure 6: A rectangular top squiggly-leg table.


Figure 7: A round top squiggly-leg table.


Figure 8: A square top squiggly-leg table.


Figure 9: "Good in Tension" with a detail of the floating blocks (2002). These flag blocks are magnetic with a gap between them.


Figure 10: The 40 inch bronze colored spinning globe sculpture "Elemental," now resides in a suburb of Washington D.C. having been purchased by Catto (2007).


Figure 11: Children playing on the "One Whirl" while it was located at the Public Library at Carbondale, Colorado in summer 2008. This rotating blue sculpture is available for display or purchase.


Figure 12: "Saturn and Titan" purchased by the city of Sheridan Wyoming in 2007 for part of their "Art on the Plaza" permanent exhibit.


Figure 13: "Kingmaker" for sale or display.


Figure 14: Pendant light designed for my house.

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