Lankton Metal Design

Manfred and I demonstrating at the U of M Art school, I love the reflection in the glass behind us... we put him up in the Ann Arbor Hilton and every day he would get there for tea time in the lobby with the other better dressed guests, filthy as a pig wearing those leather pants, and charming and gregarious as ever. What a time that was.

I stopped by the old Hart Blacksmith shop recently. Pretty sad to see my first real blacksmith shop essentially gone. The little giant is still standing as is the facade but little else. I do love the sunflower blooming in the ruin, and Harold's weathervane is still spinning and groaning in the wind. The last picture shows the remnants of the ship's ladder railing I made that went up to my bedroom. The hinges on the front doors are also "mine". Its been 39 years since I left it behind so I just stopped by to say good bye. The owner John Griswold aka Iron Angle forge, wants to rebuild it and has a go fund me page you can look up if you choose. A great loss for him.

"Keep the suet coming and maybe we'll leave your wooden house alone!"
I love the way that "Butch" and his brother's crowns have not laid down yet.