Wally Gilbert

Wally Gilbert is a rather wonderful "poltyglot" of metalcraft. Speaking the language of scuptor, jeweler, silversmith and manufacturer of decorative elements in architecture. It seems that instead of allowing the design sensibilities of each dicipline to influence him, he rather applies his design perspective to each dicipline. In a process which is almost the reverse of what I am attempting, he creates a body of work where he is the connecting feature, not the elements or techniques.

"I think of decoration and ornament not as an extra but as integral to the expression of any culture, and the medium through which I express myself."

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