Forge

"Forge" - a less mysterious word, but still one with a whiff of ambiguity. It's the fiery fount of creation and the act of creating. But it's also the act of fake creation, of making things that pretend to be what they are not. Winegrowing and winemaking exist in this same land of ambiguity. How to create in a way that respects and expresses the materials at hand, be they this particular iron or these particular grapes grown in this particular patch of ground?

There is as well a pleasingly utilitarian ring to "forge". It's where useful things begin to be shaped. Of course, there's no reason that useful things can't also be beautful. Just down the street from my house is Clausen Sculptural Iron, where Eric Clausen fashions lots of beautifully useful things.

Here at CruForge, we try to do the same.