Michael Bondi Metal Design

getting ready to sell a bunch of tools and stuff - will have a 2-B nazels -500lb Bradley helv hammer , 300 bates steam hammer 100lb chambersburg utilty Morris... small radial arm drill , 3 or 4 acorn tables , drill upsetters , ajax #0 roll forge and other stuff email for list to my shop if your really interested - See more

Better sign up - I just got some new images from Christoph Friedrich and I will slowly put them up to wet the appetite But this will be a fun one day work shop... at my place you can sign up on the CBA web sight and also send me a note directly or call for details remember you snooze you loose May 27 th at my place http://www.calsmith.org/CBA-Events See more

http://penland.org/classes/summer/summer_session_2.html Looking forward to this!

selection of works

Get Ready Todays demo is Alfred Bullermann of Markhausen Germany Alfred is leading smith in contemporary Iron and sculpture in Germany and has demonstrated an...d taught through europe . He will be working on a sculpture reflecting 70 years of peace in Europe , He will work with a group of smiths including his friends Scott Lankton from Michigan and Tom Carstens from southern germany Sign up today dont miss out http://www.westernstatesconference.com/ See more

before I post the western state conf demonstrator for the day . I post my annual Birthday reminder for My Brother Steve . Today was his birthday he would have b...een 67 , My Big brother , a really great artist blacksmith and sculpture . I usually post work of his but today I'm doing mostly work shots . 1. Steve forging on 500 lb hammer in Simone Benetton studio 1976 2. Helping his great friend Renato Ferrari who he met at Simones 3. The Bondi Boys working on tree of life Steve , our father Victor and me 1978 4. Steve working on a sculpture in 1980 5 piece L7-8 See more

Take a look at the new website - more to come - www.michaelbondi.com

Happy Birthday to my boy Russ , chilling in Hawaii . Its also a memory day for his grandfather the late great Wild Bill Saunders , they shared a birthday and a... lot of good times in Florida as we all did . The pictures are of Susan , Russ and Mason one of the last time they where in Florida Visiting Bill , the other is Me , Bill and wife Milly a long time ago in stormy Anna Mari Island See more

day 5 ok last just random pieces 1. stainless fire screen 2,bronze door handles 3 steel sculpture - called Bedroom windows 12"x8" x5" ea ... 4.bronze lamp 5 , bronze sculpture - Title - "road map to a black hole " See more

day four more doors and slipping into bronze age , some simple but large and detailed 1. classic again , steel with bronze repousse leaf work 6ft wide 10ft ta...ll and arch and details 2 simple bronze door with glass all forged parts - 10ft wide and 12 ft high 3 plate door 8ft wide 11 ft high and door is 4" thick , bronze skin patina with Monel and bronze details See more

day three , skipped the weekend so today is a few doors 1, classic scroll style door with leaf detail -steel and bronze 2 garden door for Saudi Arabia 11 ft x6ft - Steel, bronze and Monel 3. Condo door - bronze , copper,stainless steel and cast glass

day2 chops sticks development - The first piece is actually the origin of the chop stick concept it was a green and green style fire screen I designed . #2- is... the drive gate Maquette that came about from the first chop stick gate Then the gate completed -its bronze , copper ,Monel chopsticks and stainless frame . # 3 Cross maquette Monel and bronze - and final cross 8 feet tall all of these in the 90's early 2000- See more

Jake James has challenged me in the art challenge. I have taken it up and chosen to start down memory lane. The first is the "Tree of Life" from 1979 my brothe...r's and my second major commision, done in forged steel. Second is "Cavalo" from 1980, part of the Young Americans in Metal show -forged steel. Third - Beginning of the "Chop Stick" series; the "Ribbon Gate" -1989 forged steel. See more