[TheForge] Hofi, Tom Clark, Yellin

[Mark A. Pesetsky]

I know that there is quite a bit of Yellin's work here on the Princeton University campus. There is even more throughout Philadelphia.

Mark

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Thanks for sharing your opinion James.
I knew Tom Clark well and he was a go-getter and a hell-of-a nice guy.
Yellin was a very talented guy. He drew most of the designs (I think) He had smiths form all over the world working for him and thus had a world (literally) of design and technique experience to draw upon. I have had the honor to repair some of Yellin Studio's work. One was a massive pair of fire dogs. The picture was lost in the tornado. The other was a pair of panels at the entrance to an elevator in the home of the Dean of a collage in New Orleans. I do have pictures of them http://magichammer.freeservers.com/samuel_yellin__window_panels.htm
ENJOY the pictures,
dave


On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Cindy and James <jallcorn at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hofi, Tom Clark, Yellin
>
> I am late to the field of blacksmithing and only met Tom Clark once.  
> He had some stuff for sale and I was watching my pennies.  I regret 
> not buying one of his hammers or getting to know him better.  I 
> watched him demo a SayMak air hammer that day making a hot cut for an 
> anvil from a steel blank.  I am still inspired by that today.  Yes, he 
> was a showman, much as Hofi is.  I know several who have met Hofi and 
> most seem to share the opinion that he has "his own way of doing 
> things" so to speak.  I have watched some of his hammer technique 
> videos and they make sense to me.  I bought one of his hammers and it 
> is without a doubt a fantastic hammer.  I use it daily.
>
> I stand in awe of Yellin's organizational, management and artistic 
> skills.  I do know he had a large shop with many skilled craftsmen.
> While I am sure he hammered some, I strongly suspect he directed the 
> work more than hammered it out.  And if you don't have the concept of 
> the final vision in mind, you simply can't start building and hope it 
> turns out right.  And if you can't SELL the project in the first 
> place, it will never get made.  The body of work created by Yellin is 
> truly a National treasure.
>
> I know an artist who starts designing projects from the "top down".  
> It drives me nuts because I can't see the overall vision, all I can 
> see to start with is the supporting structure.  But my mind just does 
> not work like that.  Finally, I get the whole picture.
>
> If you are good enough at what you do, you are entitled to have an 
> opinion.  If others don't like or share your opinion... that's their 
> problem.
>
> Just my opinion.
> James, NE Texas
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