Hello Friends! While the cold winds of January were blowing – we settled in to make new work & put together our 2013 catalog. We are preparing for the only show we do each year – The Buyers Market of American Craft Show in Philadelphia on February 16-18. You can find us in Booth #2605. We hope to see you – our new and familiar wholesale buyers at the show!

In the meantime – please do have a look at our 2013 catalog right here. Enjoy!

Please do have a look at our new video. It will give you a glimpse into our everyday life here on Gatski Mountain.

The cold winds are starting to blow up here on the hill. Thankfully, we have a real source of heat in the shop (a wood stove). It took almost ten years – “bit by bit” is how we roll.  Anyway, a warm shop can lead to new & exciting things – like fresh sculpture & table designs.

In other news – we’re reworking The Steel Fork.  We’ll be re-launching our site on November 19th. You won’t want to miss it. We’ll be offering you a discount on our work [ a very rare event ]. Stay tuned right here for all the details. In the meantime, stay cozy!

Our new work and other fabulous pieces will be available on The Steel Fork on November 19th. If you’re itching to get the full details on these pieces – head on over to our Etsy shop. You’ll find them there.

1. crane sculpture

2. rake teeth side table

3. oliver coffee table

4. big solid letters

5. valve cover table (SOLD)

Our landscape definitely has an impact on our work. We recent designed a new batch (8) of tables. This Friday we’ll be taking them for their official photographs. Until then, here’s a preview of our tables hanging around in our shop – waiting for their official unveiling.

It’s with great pleasure that I introduce you to our new work. Our design ideas emerge from our materials, our surroundings, and from each other. Our work is really a demonstration of our freedom to try – for which we are very grateful. It is your interest, comments, ideas and purchases that help bring us our artistic freedoms. Thank You!

I created a lookbook with all our new work. Check it out here!

1. Sailboat Compass Sculpture

2. Prize Pig Sculpture

3. Minneapolis Moline Console Table

4. Bullseye Chalkboard Vertical

5. Wood Top Corn Crib Side Table

6. Big O Rust and Blue Console Table

We backed er’ down the past few weeks- we slow down to get creative. We’re working on all new Gatski handmade sculpture & furniture. It is always exciting and exhausting. Things rarely work out the way we expect. We are not trained designers; we use our sixth sense.  I’m sure it sounds a little elementary- but it works for us.

Ben says, What do you think of this?

I like it, but I would make the points rounded and make those bars a little longer. Kate says.

Ok.

What do you think?

I like it.

Ben turns and goes back to the shop.

Ben makes adjustments as he is working and I make suggestions on a work in progress. We go back and forth on a single piece 5 or more times – it can take a day or a week or more to nail down a design.

The fun part is that we’re getting better at it – bit by bit. Such is the creative life.

Check back in the first week of September to see how we did.

Happy Summer Friends! Isn’t it a fabulous time of year to linger outside? Invite your friends to gather around our new handmade  dining table or let the vines creep around you in our new outdoor chair.  These pieces are fresh of the ole’ welding bench (and the neighbors milk parlor turned wood shop). Want to know what we have available on the hill right now? Check out our lookbook.