Wedge by a Wedge
created: 18. 03. 2021 12:28 modified: 18. 03. 2021 12:29
The photo shows a blacksmith's artifact called the Wedge by the Wedge. These are two metal wedges, connected by forging. The author is the artistic blacksmith Ivan Šarközy from the village Dunajská Lužná. The photos were taken during the European Roma Blacksmithing Symposium in 2014. The idea for the creation of this artifact arose from the proverb that says: the wedge is being wedged with a wedge.Ivan Sarkozy was born into the family with smithing ingrained in its history. In Dunajska Luzna he works in their family blacksmithery. His professional education is the ship mechanic, the profession he never worked in. He is fully dedicated to the smithing, especially smithcraft. His hobby is creation of iron sculptures made of iron scrap.
category: Crafts
tags: active modern artistic metal smithery Ivan Šarközy general audience internal
A Bird
created: 18. 03. 2021 12:16 modified: 05. 05. 2021 07:42
The photo shows a bird made of scrap metal. The author is the artistic blacksmith Ivan Šarközy from the village Dunajská Lužná. The photos were taken during the European Roma Blacksmith Symposium in 2014. The artistic blacksmith was thinking about how to use scrap metal. The first model was made of cardboard. The blacksmith creates similar artifacts from scrap metal.
Ivan Sarkozy was born into the family with smithing ingrained in its history. In Dunajska Luzna he works in their family blacksmithery. His professional education is the ship mechanic, the profession he never worked in. He is fully dedicated to the smithing, especially smithcraft. His hobby is creation of iron sculptures made of iron scrap.
category: Crafts
tags: active modern artistic metal smithery Ivan Šarközy general audience internal
The Cross
created: 18. 03. 2021 12:04 modified: 18. 03. 2021 12:04
An enlargement of the cross he created for his brother who passed away. The cross is inserted into the rock. It is a more demanding forging work, especially for bending and the precision required to make it one unit. The cross was created during the blacksmith symposium in 2013.
Ivan Sarkozy was born into the family with smithing ingrained in its history. In Dunajska Luzna he works in their family blacksmithery. His professional education is the ship mechanic, the profession he never worked in. He is fully dedicated to the smithing, especially smithcraft. His hobby is creation of iron sculptures made of iron scrap.
category: Crafts
tags: active modern artistic metal smithery Ivan Šarközy general audience internal