New Work:
Abstract Pieces & functional art
The sculptures below reflect Grant’s recent effort to expand the application of his favorite themes and designs into pieces that move in new dimensions. Join him in exploring how to live with his art, as furniture and as display pieces — allowing you to complement his signature wall pieces, which are shown on other pages.
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Standard Metalworks
PO Box 1166 • 23942 Thompson Drive • Hill City, S.D. 57745
605.574.3200
Grant@StandardMetalworks.com
Medialus
A Coffee Table
Grant is intrigued by the mechanical character of our bodies and our bones—they are machines in nature. In the process of examining these machines, he created Medialus: a conversation piece, a work of art, and a functional table — all in one.
Seemingly forged by ancient Celtic smiths, this one-of-a-kind table utilizes stainless steel cast deer spines in a configuration that calls on the protection of the four winds.
The piece is topped with 3/8-inch-thick glass (not shown), and features copper discs welded into riveted plates. The table’s design takes one of Grant’s shields off the wall and places it firmly at your feet.
Zion
Four spheres in one cast bronze sculpture, Zion creates an impressive centerpiece. On another level, the piece refers to layers of our being and the process of “shedding our shadow.” Several of Grant’s pieces explore striving to deep, personal understanding and growth, and Zion is a physical representation of that process.
The innermost sphere, the core, is 100% sterling silver, one inch in diameter. The second sphere is finished with annealed sterling silver discs, and is three inches in diameter. The outer two spheres include copper discs, with the middle layer eight inches in diameter and the outermost two feet in diameter.
Please note: Variations on the piece are also available, where collectors can purchase any combination of sphere sizes.
Photos by Thomas Petersen
War
Grant’s newest piece is War, a sculpture that brings together several of his favorite elements: a sphere, bones—specifically raven skulls and spinal columns of today’s mammals—as well as remnants of the ancient past, in the form of a stainless steel meat-eating dinosaur egg.
This combination, styled on feet that could have belonged to a gargoyle, is Grant’s depiction of what happens when humans don’t get along. The world is filled with beauty, power, color, and life—along with politics, fear, and confusion.
For Grant, the mix looks like this.
Bronze, Stainless Steel, Steel (base)
Sphere: 20 inches diameter
Feet: 26.5 inches wide
Base: 30 inches diameter
(With base, 41 inches tall)
$15,500.00
Entire piece: $19,500.00
Inner three spheres: $3,500.00
Inner two spheres (including sterling silver): $2,900.00
Smallest sphere only (sold as a pendant): $250.00
Bronze, Sterling Silver, Copper
24 inches largest diameter
(with stand, 32 inches tall)
Stainless Steel, Carbon Steel, Copper,
and a Bronze rod
42 inches diameter, 32 inches tall
$14,000.00