How to Color Stainless Steel With Fire
How stainless steel gets its color from heat instead of paint. A torch-coloring walkthrough: the heat-patina color order from blue to gold, layering for depth, and why the color lasts outdoors.
Read more →Articles about my stainless steel sculpture process, the stories behind individual pieces, and how metal art is made.
How stainless steel gets its color from heat instead of paint. A torch-coloring walkthrough: the heat-patina color order from blue to gold, layering for depth, and why the color lasts outdoors.
Read more →A first-person walkthrough of how I create stainless steel sculptures, from cutting and shaping raw metal to welding, grinding, and coloring with torch fire patinas.
Read more →The lionfish is one of the most colorful fish in the ocean. Here is how I recreated its vivid red, white, and brown stripes in stainless steel using only torch fire.
Read more →Exploring the meaning and symbolism of the tree of life, and how I created my stainless steel tree of life sculpture with oak tree roots, branches, and torch fire patinas.
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