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Delicate. Soulful. Evocative. These aren’t
typically the terms you hear us throw around
when we speak of a blacksmith’s work.
However, this artist is anything but typical.
Ellen Durkan, known as Iron Maiden Forge,
has been creating elaborate and mesmerizing
works of fashion that are born from hot steel
on the anvil. At a glance you might think a
piece is a soft neck ruffle, accentuating a
flowing gown, but upon further inspection
you’ll find that the curves are frozen in time,
molded in steel or copper by a skilled hand.
While she was a student in art school in
Delaware, Durkan worked with steel frames,
draped with fabric. She found herself drawn to
the metal frames themselves, ultimately driving
her to begin teaching herself forging. All of her
art starts with the human form and in her words,
needs the human form to be properly displayed.
“The human figure has always been an
important part,” she says. “I think my work, in
order to be experienced properly, needs to be
on the body. Metalwork is just part of the art.”
The shapes that evoke the curves of the
human body can morph to living plants or weave
into intricate leather works of fashion. Being
self taught, Durkan’s work is ever evolving. Her
most recent area of expansion is repoussé,
allowing her to make even more finely sculptured
structures that can mimic the human form —
not only a figurative layer to her work, but in
some cases even a literal layer of art. See her
piece Speak (above and left), which involves a
feminine face, trapped behind a finely formed
mask with an impassive expression, trapped
again behind a wrought iron cage. —Caleb Kraft
Joe Hoddinott @phojoegraphy
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