To: OABA members.
I am send this notice out to the membership of OABA to let you know of an auction of the studio of a major American metalsmith, Albert Paley.Albert is from Rochester, NY where he has worked for the past 50 years is known for massive steel sculptures the most famous of which may be he gates for the Smithsonian Museum in Washington and the zoo in St Louis zoo. He was the featured speaker at CanIron XIII in Cape Breton in 2015. He is closing his 40,000 sq.ft. studio this fall and will be selling off his tools and machinery in November.... More information on the artist and the auction can be found at Albert Paley website as well as the website of the auctioneer, http://www.steevesco.com/wp/auctions-2/ ...The driving time to the studio is about 90 minutes from Niagara Falls.
Franklin Kains
Albert
Paley is certainly one of the major figures in the contemporary artisan
blacksmith movement. Born in 1944, this puts Paley in his mid 70's ( a
decade older than I am).
Paley's big breakthrough was in 1973, when he was awarded a commission from the Smithsonian to design the portal gates for the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. [10]
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