The Compass Rose features four layers of relief sculpture— The bowl itself, two layers of cut steel star designs, and hand made "clavos" (decorative bolts). The compass letters are cut out of the bowl so ire can show through them and so they will also...
Patrick and Ann in Maryland own one of my very rare 52 inch Great Bowl O' Fire Sculptural Firebowls™. But they also have something that no one else has as yet— custom Prometheus Torches that are not only plumbed for gas, but can be turned...
May 30 is the seventh anniversary of the first Great Bowl O' Fire Sculptural Firebowl™! I was especially touched that someone at my freight company, R&L Carriers, took the time to draw me a birthday card and post it to Twitter. That kind of personal attention...
Last year, Chris Guillebeau asked me to make an Olympic style torch that would travel cross country with Adam Baker to be lit at the opening ceremony of the inaugural World Domination Summit. I loved the idea, and the traveling torch was a great success. Here's...
I created the very first Great Bowl O' Fire™ on May 30, 2005.The seventh anniversary is coming right up! When I first came up with the idea, I never expected to make more than one. I thought it would maybe get me some mentions on blogs...
One of the phone calls I get a lot is from people who want to know how to install gas burners in Sculptural Firebowls™. This diagram that shows the basic concept of how the stainless steel burners connect to the firebowl. This is not, however, a...
One of the most frequently asked questions I get about my fire bowls is whether they're safe for children. I pretty much always answer it the same way: "Well, that depends on the child, and on the parent." The legal answer I have to give...
I was working late in the studio one night, just before the snow came, trying to finish up a rush order of fire bowls for the Sheraton Hotel in Honolulu… My neighbor Preston Cole stopped by and shot a bunch of pictures as the sun...
Daily Confection just posted a really fun phone interview I did with Gary Connolly. We discussed a broad set of topics including art, business, marketing, the ways that blogging and the web in general have impacted my work as an artist and 30 foot...
In 2006 I made a customized Great Bowl O Fire™ for a pool designer in South Carolina who was working on a new water park. The firebowl became the centerpiece of a Mayan temple design at Landmark Resort Waterpark and Mini-golf. It sits inside a...
Our Blaze O’ Glory Brazier ~ Kindling the Paschal Fire in Style As part of the Great Vigil of Easter, we kindle a new fire from which the Paschal Candle is lit and burns for the Great Fifty Days of Easter. It is from...
Okay, actually, since recycled steel art is still the main gig here at the studio, it's really kind of Earth Day all the time. On the other hand, a tree made of 100% recycled steel seems like just the thing to post in observance of...
Mary Abe at Garden Gate Landscaping reached out to see if I could create a custom fire pit for an extensive landscaping project she was putting together. The project called for a buried fire pit set in stone with a steel lid and a remote...
Here's the other new version of the Great Bowl O Fire™. This is cut from the base of a standard LP gas tank that you would hook up to a grill… It's about 7 inches high and just a hair over a foot in diameter....
I've developed two smaller versions of the great Bowl O Fire. Both of them work best with charcoal fires rather than full-on bonfires, but since there have been some requests for smaller versions I figured it was time to expand the line. I'm just not quite...
Of the bowls you see in these pictures, I'm down to only two that are immediately available. I love the way they look all lined up across the yard… I'll be almost sad when the check arrives for the three that are scheduled to be...
Had a call this morning from a guy in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina who's building a water park. He wants to fit out one of my Great Bowls O' Fire with a gas burner and install it in the park along with some tiki styled...
The only complaint I've had about the Great Bowl O Fire is from people who don't have a large enough yard to find space for one. So, I've come up with a miniature version for the patio set. There's only enough material to make stands...
For those of you in the Chicago Area, the Great Bowl O' Fire can be seen in person at Ridge Art, in Oak Park. Laurie bought one for own yard and will be displaying it at the gallery through the end of summer. Because she...
I mentioned Mojo, my shop manager/feline last night… Here's a pic of her enjoying a bonfire over Memorial Day Weekend. When it comes to the Hot Rod Styled BBQ Pit, all I can say is: Cats dig it! She seems to like the fact that...
Reviews and links are heating up for the Great Bowl O' Fire™! I think the best thing about living with dial-up instead of high speed internet has gotta be the way it makes your "fifteen minutes of fame" stretch out the whole evening. heh. This almost...
I spent the last couple days working on this project, which I've been dying to do for months. The firepit is cut from the end of a propane tank and the legs are from some kind of farm implement. After extensive testing (heh) I've decided...