Forged in the West- Dan

Beautiful Forged heart sculpture in gray tones black and white

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most recent gallery exhibition! Come check it out- on display in Steamboat Springs thru March.This year's Insight Art for Climate Action art show and fundraiser is for Routt Co Western Resilience Center #RockinTuesday #BlueSkyArtShow #FebruArty2026 #EastCoastKin

Finally got my website set up! Support my work with merch for now, artwork coming soon.

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Charcoal drawing of a girl on the top of a mountain overlooking a cliff in a storm. Wind and lightning

If Only They Knew They say, “Mellow out,” as if calm were a switch hidden under my ribs, My mind is a wildfire— not burning to destroy, but burning to know. My thoughts outrun the clock, feet tapping to a tempo no one else can hear. Psychomotor sparks— Restless, Relentless, Asking my body to keep pace with possibility. The world arrives in high-definition: Light: too bright. Texture screams and sings against my skin. A whisper becomes a symphony. A color becomes a feeling. Sensual threads pull me to notice what others pass by. Imagination folds the ordinary into myth and metaphor— Turning shadows into stories, Questions into quests. I live on the edge Of real and yet-to-be. Then comes the drive to know— The Intellectual pull— Where curiosity grows teeth and won’t stop chewing until the truth is laid bare. I chase patterns like fireflies, collecting answers in jars made of wonder. Beneath it all, emotion rises— Not small, Not quiet, But overpowering and all encompassing. Joy arrives like sunrise. Grief floods like a storm. Empathy vibrates deep in my bones. I feel the world before I understand it. Intensity is not a flaw but a compass A way of being tuned to a finer frequency. It is the engine of potential, The spark that cracks open who I am becoming. I cannot always “mellow out.” I can learn to channel, To breathe, To honor the motion within. This inner storm is also my source of light A power that, when understood, becomes purpose

If Only They Knew

They say, “Mellow out,” as if calm were a switch hidden under my ribs,
My mind is a wildfire—
not burning to destroy, but burning to know…

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#intensity #livingwithintensity

Almost done with the series!
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Bronze megalodon tooth.
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Doing some sand casting today.
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Casting silver skulls.
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My shop assistants 🐈‍⬛

Rutile and Hematite in Quartz
From Bahia, Brazil

#gemstones #gemology #minerals #rutile #hematite #quartz #bahia #Brazil #mineralogicalsample #mineralogy #crystal #crystalline #structure

Copper is so beautiful!
Can’t wait to turn these castings into jewelry and sculptures.
#copper #bluskyartshow #metalsmith

I've been busy in the shop cranking out new work! Check out this new piece over at ladiesofiron.com! #jewelry #artjewelry #blacksmithing #art

Copper pour experiment that went awry… but it’s also kinda cool.
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#metalsmith

Melting copper today. Recycling trash into art.
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Recycling trash into art.
#metalsmithing
#meltingfurnace
#copper

Melting silver today! #silver #meltingfurnace #metalsmith

Protect yourselves from the sun! ☀️

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Misty frozen air. Early, Saddleback mountain December morning.

Colorado commute

Misty frozen air.
Early, Saddleback mountain
December morning.

#colorado
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#landscape

Dramatic light dark from metal heating in the forge

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#lightandshadow

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Happy Sunday! 🦋

Look at that shine! ✨

Gearing up to make more of my modern take on Māori patus. All of my art is sustainable using reclaimed materials as much as possible.

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Wishing my Bluesky friends a peaceful Sunday
My phone reminded me of this old picture I'd taken of a road winding on endlessly
Seeing this reminds me of a Maori proverb
'I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on the past.(thread)

A visit from my new pets today! 🦌