Kaviar Forge & Gallery
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Kaviar Forge & Gallery
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Kaviar Forge & Gallery is a combination formal exhibition area, and functional sculpture studio. Kaviar Forge is an encompassing workshop, which specializes in a wide range of forged metal, including award winning architectural gates, rails, liturgical work, lighting and furniture in both iron and bronze. The workshop is cluttered full of large antique machines and lots of tools and metal. Kaviar Gallery features iron and bronze sculpture and fine furniture by sculptor Craig Kaviar, and paintings, and ceramics by some of the nations finest artists. A window in the gallery looks out over the forging area of the studio where visitors can often watch the artwork being made. Surrounding the studio and gallery is an outdoor sculpture garden.
Kaviar ForgeKaviar Forge has been in its present location on historic Frankfort Ave. since 1985, transforming what was once a dump into a beautiful sculpture garden and studio. It is here that artist Craig Kaviar creates unique one of a kind hand forge iron and bronze furniture, sculpture and architectural elements. The workshop is a large industrial space filled with gas and coal forges, cranes, and hand tools too numerous to mention. Some of his industrial tools like the 200 pound Chambersburg Air hammer were originally built to be carried on a battleship during WW2 and a 200-ton press purchased from the Charlestown American War. "I like feel that by reusing this machinery of war for the making of artwork I am in a small way helping to turn swords into plowshares"
Kaviar GalleryHours: Wednesday -Friday noon till 6 PM Saturday noon till 4 PMKaviar Gallery has always existed along side the forge, showcasing the work of sculptor/blacksmith Craig Kaviar. As the neighborhood transformed itself from a run down crime ridden neighborhood into a fashionable artsy historic district Mr. Kaviar decided to fulfill the second part of his dreamed and formally open an art gallery where he could feature some other very fine artist including painters and ceramists. Kaviar Forge & Gallery is committed to showcasing mature artists who have spent a lifetime creating their artwork, and whose expertise clearly shows in the depth and vitality of their works. Craig Kaviar started his career by apprenticing to sculptor Philip Darling in Port Washington, New York in 1970. There he was trained in stone and woodcarving. Later he received a formal art education at the School of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, receiving his BFA from Tufts University in 1978. During this time Mr. Kaviar worked summers as the village blacksmith at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Kaviar set up his first studio in the town of Harvard, Massachusetts ware he first meshed his talents as a functional craftsman with his artistic abilities. Later when he moved with his wife to Kentucky in 1984 he once again set up a forged metal studio that creates award winning functional artwork that has been exhibited and commissioned throughout the United States.
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