Category: General
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The Finishing Touches for Zinc Embossing
Went to the client’s new home. Tomorrow is their move-in day. The home is a beautiful jewel with views of the Sangre de Cristo mountains through giant windows on one side and the Jemez Mountains on the other. True artisans crafted amazing touches to this home. Organic forged balustrades and touches were done by local…
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The “Tree of Life” and Roll-Forming Embossing Method
Technique: Bead Rolling/Embossing So, some wonderful clients wanted a new kitchen with accents of zinc. Zinc counter tops and zinc backsplashes would be an artistic element . The preliminary idea was a “tree of life” motif for above their cooking range. Diego drew up a few design ideas and they chose this design: Diego was excited to…
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Sebastian “Vela” Velázquez–The Next Generation
My last post was about some of my father’s artwork. On this one, I want to showcase some of the work of my very talented nephew, Sebastian. He grew up the Argentine artist way, like me. He’s an amazing young man with a promising future. Besides his incredible artist gifts, he’s got an amazing passion.…
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A Family of Artists
If you’ve read my about me page, you know that being creative is in my blood. My father, Luis Cogley Velázquez, is a painter and sculptor, too. I grew up seeing my father’s creative process. Being an artist, raising a family, and making a living is not for the faint of heart. I thought I…
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Busy, busy, busy
These days, my day job (Santa Fe Metal Design–santafemetal.com) keeps me very busy. Lately, customers are requesting zinc counter tops. Zinc is the hot metal right now. For those that do not know, I do lots of work with copper, as in copper lighting, copper counter tops, copper range hoods, and all kinds of copper architectural work.…
Diego Velázquez 