Richard Robinson's artistic beginnings started by whittling wooden figures and chip carving as his father had done before him. He extended his interest to building wood furniture to include wood turnings made on a lathe.
At a crossroad in his life, he volunteeered at Sutter's Mill, the Gold Discovery Site, Coloma, California in the historic Blacksmith Shop. There, he apprenticed and became an accomplished Blacksmith under the guidance of William Curry. He bent and twisted metal over a coal forge and pounded the hot iron on the anvil to form some truly beautiful but functional creations.
Some of the creations include candlesticks, towel bars, tissue holders, hooks of all kinds, kitchen hardware, quilt rods, quilts stands and quilt ladders, curtain hardware, wood stove rakes, log holders, exterior gates and railings and anything else the mind can imagine.
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Most of his work is derived from custom orders; unique items customers contract Richard to make. Products are available in traditional black or a variety of colors such as antique pewter, oil rubbed bronze, rust but please no Pink. Most all products are coated with a protective coating excluding items designed for food preparation or fire tools.
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Quilt Rod Section -first page with the auction quilt on it-verbiage to be put next to or below the quilt-
" Quilt shown, 86" wide, was auctioned by our fire department and purchased by the owner of our hardware store. The quilt is hung on a 3/8" quilt hanger with detachable fleur de le railends so the quilt can be slipped onto the rod at one end.
Bitterroot Handcrafted Metal Art
Compliment your quilted, painted or woven wall hangings and larger quilts with unique hand forged custom metal quilt rods and hangers.
No more sagging from a wooden dowel. The quilt rods are available is several styles, our ideas or yours, custom lengths, custom colors with a clear protective top coat applied.
All quilt rods are quoted as 12" in length.
Add $1.00 per foot to each quilt rod for longer lengths.
Please contact us for quotes, ideas and custom orders.
All shipping and handling is extra.
Bitterroot Handcrafted Metal Art
New quilt display picture -- add verbiage as follows next to pictures. Words in ( ) are my description for your purpose of identification.
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(quilt hanger with tree and moose) "Woodland Scene" quilt rod, moose shown. Tree w/wo snow, reversible. Prices start at $33.00. Elk, bear and custom animals available. All animals are three dimensional, not flat.
(quilt hanger with leaf over the top) "Turned Leaf" quilt rod, (can be right or left), prices start at $23.00.
(quilt hanger with rooster) "Rooster Pattern quilt rod, (can be right or left), prices start at $33.00. Elk, butterfly, dragonfly, frog and custom animals available. All figures are three dimensional, not flat.
(quilt hanger with bear) "Woodland Scene" quilt rod same as the moose pictured above. Prices for quilt rod starting at $33.00.
(double bracketed quilt rod with arrows) "Double bracketed quilt rod. Quilt rod is twisted with arrows at each end (shown), can be leaves at each end of the quilt rod. This quilt rod can be made of 1/4" stock for very small hangings or 1/2" rod for very large, heavy hangings or even king size quilts. Prices start at $23.00.
(double leaf hooks) "Double leaf quilt hooks to hold moulding or a dowel. Price $14.00 per pair.Bitterroot Handcrafted Metal Art