DARK STAR
The Vision
Inspired by the allure of the ancient organisms we find buried beneath the Earth, the vision was to transform celestial remnants into artistic endeavors that mirror the concept of how ancient otherworldly life may look; melding the grotesque beauty of the past with cosmic elements, crafting a narrative of interstellar antiquity.
“Nebula”
1st edition
The first rendition to this collection is my favorite, and most renowned piece to this day, ‘Nebula’. This was the very piece that sparked my journey in embracing the curiosity I sought to chase in my creations…
It is forged with the 4.5 billion year-old meteorite, the Muonionalusta, in a San-Mai Damascus Steel construction consisting of high carbon steel alloys such as 15n20/ 1084 in over 2000+ layers. The handle is forged into an integral construction with 24k gold highlights scattered across the forged textured surface, with an ancient Wooly Mammoth tooth from the permafrost of Alaska carefully inlaid into the pocket of the handle. With Ethiopian opals set into the blade, this piece was built by material and design to ‘feel ‘ like it came from an otherworldly civilization. This, was the beginning…
2nd edition
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“Eclipse”
The second embarkment of this collection was inspired by organic plantae, and how that might look on a scorched alien planet. The handle on this piece was entirely forged by hand, and built into a ‘floating handle’ construction using hidden hardware to seem as though it’s ‘latched’ on to its host…
Forged with the Muonionalusta meteorite, it consists of a high carbon Damascus Pattern-Welded Steel blade in my “fire in the sky” pattern. Illustrating the concept of a comet coming into the atmosphere, the pattern was hand-forged to bend and manipulate the hundreds of layers of steel to represent the fiery trails moving around the debris. The handle is embellished with 24k gold highlights scattered across the textured surface, with the delicate meteoric Widmanstätten crystalline pattern carefully preserved into the blade…
3rd edition
“Peridium”
Fungi is a fascinating phenomenon of Earth, and the idea of an otherworldly eukaryotic organism deteriorating its host inspire this piece… The handle on this piece was carefully carved by hand over multiple days from a bar of damascus steel, and built into a ‘floating handle’ construction convey the thought that it is slowly infecting, and spreading through its host…
Forged with the Muonionalusta meteorite, it consists of a high carbon Damascus Pattern-Welded Steel blade in forged with the world-renowned Bertie Rietveld composite steel. Illustrating the concept of tearing, cracked and aging materials; the pattern was hand-forged alongside 24k gold highlights scattered across the textured surface of the handle, representing the idea of a story told through ancient age.
