Demonstration: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Workshop: Sunday, May 18, 2025
Sculpture Tucson barn
Brandi Fenton Memorial Park
Tucson, AZ

Demonstrator: Steve Grater

Steve will be talking about and demonstrating how he adapts classic blacksmithing
and jewelrymaking techniques for fabricating abstract fine art sculptures – large
and small. He also will be working with coldforming clastic and anticlastic shapes
in steel.

Steve likes to bend metal into compound curves with self-made tools. He studied blacksmithing with Frank Turley and bronze casting with Tom Barringer, assisted sculptor Jerry Harris, and has been making and selling metal art since 2000. Techniques for making jewelry, vessel forming and repoussé inform the aesthetic of his sculptural work. Steve’s sculptures have been exhibited and collected throughout the American west. In 2024, he was an artist-in-residence at Buffalo Creek Art Center in Gardnerville, Nevada, where he completed a monumental commission for the sculpture park. Steve is represented in southern Arizona by Más y Más Gallery in Tubac.

For Steve’s presentation, he will be talking about and demonstrating how he adapts classic blacksmithing and jewelry-making techniques for fabricating abstract fine art sculptures. He also will be working with cold-forming clastic and anti-clastic shapes in steel.

stevegratersculpture.com

Demonstration:
• Registration begins at 8:00 AM, the demonstration starts at 9:00 AM.
• Registration fee: $25 for members, $40 for nonmembers
• Tailgating is encouraged
• Bring things for IronIntheHat.
NOTE: No folded tickets. Any folded tickets that are drawn will be thrown away.
• Bring things for ShowandTell. Don’t forget to put your name on anything you
bring for ShowandTell.
• Lunch is on your own. There are several good restaurants nearby.
• Tailgaters, please consider donating to Iron in the Hat.
Workshop:
• Handson experience with the techniques that Steve demonstrated on Saturday.
• Sunday, May 18, 2023, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• The fee for the workshop is $100.
• Contact Richard Rozinski at 6028037255 or neongod52@gmail.com to register.
President’s Projects:
• May –- A flower, or any kind of plant.
• July anything made with a railroad spike.
Remember Iron in the Hat
Thanks to all of you who have participated in Iron in the Hat. By purchasing
tickets and donating items, you help support AABA events and projects. Items
for donation can be a tool, piece of art, something you made specifically for
iron in the hat, something you don’t need in your shop, a great book, a tshirt,
a hat … something an AABA member would enjoy.
Directions To Sculpture Tucson, Tucson, AZ
• I10 to the Prince Rd. exit
• East on Prince to Campbell Ave.
• North (left) on Campbell to River Rd.
• East (right) on River, drive through several curves to the light at River and
Alvernon (about 1.8 mi.).
• Turn right and enter Brandi Fenton Memorial Park.
• Turn right almost immediately at the Sculpture Tucson sign.
As always, safety glasses are required in the demonstration area.
Hearing protection, closedtoe shoes, and long clothes of natural fibers
are recommended.