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Bio

My metalworking was learned the hard way at a shipyard in Slidell, LA during summer breaks from college. The "Hurricane Katrina Collection" was inspired by the devastating results of the storm surge on my hometown of Slidell, LA and the region. These pieces were a means to react to this disaster and channel energy in a positive manner. Many were sold to raise funds and awareness for victims of Katrina that were fellow Slidell schoolmates. The use of destructive force is a method that I often employ to create and have taken that to the extreme on some of my pieces. Some pieces are twisted to suggest the extreme rotational energy of the hurricane.

I did evacuate New Orleans the evening before the storm while visiting but I am not a victim and didn't endure the hardships that countless thousands did.
Additional information can be viewed on www.johndiron.com

An old Cajun neighbor from my childhood that died shortly after Katrina flooded his home in Slidell, LA often called me John D Rockefeller, "the man with all the money". I was far from being the man with all of the money but I was amused by it and all of the Cajun nicknames he had for us. JohnDIron was created thinking about Ole Mr. Pete.

Additional information about my work is available o the Times Picayune website, NOLA.com:
http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1187812211216250.xml&coll=1
and
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1188418869130540.xml&coll=1

John Doherty
www.johndiron.com

Male

Favorite Materials

Steel, bronze, brass, metal, stainless steel