A collaboration with Artist-Blacksmith Brett Moten of Reno Nevada.The idea for this rocking chair originated from our mutual desire to make a “functional” art piece. Sculpture is a rewarding pursuit but it can only be appreciated by looking at it. Functional art is “interactiive” and can be useful as well as beautiful. Our goal was to create a work of art that is not only beautiful and useful but also because it is furniture it must also be comfortable. From start to finish over 500 hours including 60 hours of drawings, 140 hours for tooling and about 300 hours to make. The first series of photos shows the area where we recovered the wrought iron (salvaged from an abandoned site in the Sierra Nevada mountains) used to build the chair, followed by shop photos taken over several months, then the finished chair. Wrought iron was a material used in the 1800’s and has not been made in the U.S. since the 1920’s. Because the chair was made from iron that we know to be 140 years old, it was an antique before we even started on it! It’s a long story so take your time and enjoy!