Working in copper, brass and steel, I create three-dimensional representations of plants and animals and two-dimensional studies of geometric patterns. My art has a practical genesis – as a young man I was temporarily employed as an ornamental iron fabricator. After a change of career and a 40-year hiatus from working with metal, I took it up again in 2012 in retirement. Since then, I honed my techniques and became familiar with the properties and limitations of the materials and…