Haley Woodward (American), We Are All In This Together

Circa 2015, forged steel with applied patina, unsigned.

7 1/4 x 18 x 13 in.

Haley is a blacksmith and educator. He started working with metal in undergrad before moving to Austin, Texas, focusing his time on learning blacksmithing at Austin Community College (ACC). While in Austin and attending ACC, Haley worked in residential construction as a welder, and helped found the metalworking collective, The Austin Metal Authority. In 2014 Haley finished his graduate degree from SIU Carbondale and returned to Austin where he now runs the blacksmithing program at ACC and maintains his own studio practice, focusing on forged sculpture and utilitarian objects.

"As a blacksmith, steel, iron, and brass give me a pallet of colors, textures, and physical properties to work with. Each material comes with its own long history within the context of the human experience. They are complex, rewarding materials that I continue to evolve with as a metalworker.

My work starts as technical challenges and investigations into the process of blacksmithing. When new forms and processes become illuminated, new sculptural ideas tend to follow. More often than not, this leads to more technical challenges and the drama continues. Technique inspired by the work, and work inspired by technique."

Haley is a Texas based blacksmith and teaches at Austin Community College, Austin, Texas. Haley earned his MFA in Blacksmithing from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois in 2014, and his BFA in Sculpture in 2002 from Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina. Solo Exhibitions of Haley's work include: "Benthos" at Dimension Gallery, Austin, Texas (2018); "The Collector" at Dimension Gallery, Austin, Texas (2016); "The Continuing Adventures of Haling W. Dang" at Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois (2014).

Good estate condition.

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