Forge Ahead copper bracelets

Pat Blair, the artist behind Forge Ahead, splits his time between Humboldt County, California, and Petersburg, Alaska. One of his sisters took him to a working metal sculptor's studio when he was a boy, and he was immediately taken with this medium. As soon as he earned enough money, he purchased a set of tanks and torches and learned to weld and braize with them. Fast forward 50 years, and a variety of jobs and experiences later, and Pat now does a lot of fun things with torches and metal. On a job a number of years ago, Pat was given some scrap copper from a sheetmetal job. He took that scrap home, immediately fell in love with this material, and now works almost exclusively in copper  He makes a variety of sculptures (visit his site at theforgeahead.com), and started making these bracelets in 2013. The first bracelet Pat made was a gift for his sweetie, and it drew a lot of admirers, so he soon began making them for others. These bracelets are made entirely from post-construction re