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We’re burning it up to get ready for our photo shoot on January 30th!

Have you found any thrilling handmade gifts? Please do share!

The Cookbooker Print by Summer Pierre Illustration

Pork Chart by Cupcake Mountain

The Fork and Spoon Shakers by Brooklynrehab

Barn by Woodie Blockhead

P.S. You can order from us until December 16th for arrival in time for Christmas. If you have any questions at all- just ask!

We make an effort to design new work 4xs each year. Here are a few pieces from our latest round. Enjoy!

1. Hexagon Side Table- Red

2. Hexagon Side Table – Blue

3. Round Side Table – Gehl

4. Round Side Table- Green

1. Owl

2. Duck

3. Woodpecker

Here is a sampling of our new work. We were inspired by some metal we had here, the idea of “reverence for trades & industry” and a desire to make something with our old pick up truck. Feel free to peruse here on The Steel Fork or have a peak at our Etsy shop to check out all that’s new!

1. Wall Tile Tools of Trade & Industry

2. Massey Side Table

3. Eat Sign

4. Octopus Sculpture

5. Revolver Console Table

happy summer! We can’t believe it. It’s high time we bring you some news from Gatski headquarters- [home of Gatski Metal and The Steel Fork].  Winter was cold, cold, cold which morphed into wet, wet, wet and then BAM! Summertime!

Spring nearly passed us by with an endless stream of orders.  Over 100 metal deer and moose heads were hand hammered, welded, packed and shipped from our little shed [at the end of our 1/2 mile long driveway].

So, here’s the truth. Creating wall sculpture for you did keep us hoppin’- but we were also little preoccupied. We were awaiting our newest addition; baby Evelyn Grace was born on May 29. She joins her brother Ivan & sister Hazel.

The spring bustle has passed now. We’re looking forward to some exciting summer projects- like tearing apart our old pickup truck and making something fabulous, hashing out a new line of work and staying in touch with you here!

savor and enjoy!

* the photo above is our shop and packing shed on Gatski Mountain – it suits us well

1. Ford Tractor Hood Side Table

2. Hanging Story Quilt

3. International Side Table

4. Vertical & Horizontal Chalkboard

5. Holiday Lanterns

Introducing our new collection of work. We [Ben & Kate] teamed up with our brother-in-law, Matt Jacobs, to create a new collection featuring recycled farm steel and reclaimed wood [barn beams rescued from a local barn]. Matt is a 2^nd generation woodworker and currently an Architecture student at Rhode Island School of Design.

Our new work is a natural extension of who we are- a family rich with creative talent, design instincts and building skill.  It is also a natural extension of our passion for farming. Pairing reclaimed barn beams with recycled farm steel is a fitting way to honor agriculture.

Hop on over to Gatski Metal to check out our new metal sculptures!

1. Barn Loft Table

2. Barn Beam Console Table

3. Beam & Steel End Table

4. Metal & Magnet Strips

5. Circle Table

Ben, our brother-in-law, Matt [shown above] and I are in the process of working to bring you new sculptures for Gatski Metal, furniture and handmade gifts for The Steel Fork shop and our Etsy shop. We give ourselves about 2 weeks to do the following (for each and every new piece)…

1. Brainstorm Design
2. Discuss
3. Attempt Design
4. Discuss
5. Revise Design
6. Discuss
7. Attempt New Direction for Design
8. Discuss
9. Revise Again
10. Wrap it Up

As you might imagine, it can be a very arduous process. It is exciting and excruciating at the same time. We undergo this 3 times each year- in earnest attempt to keep things fresh!

This time around- we are lucky to have Matt, a current Rhode Island School of Design student in architecture helping us out. He comes from a long line of handy people. He is particularly skilled at housebuilding and woodworking.

Next week we will be introducing our fabulous new line up of work [inspired in part by industrial designs]- make sure you’re signed up for our newsletter to get the first look!

* a few more snapshots of works & workers in process

I had a little goal to write a story for Etsy’s blog, The Storque. It happened. What a fun endeavor. The original story was written about the, “making of a tractor hood table.” I took over 400 photos [I am not a photographer] to come up with what you see below. I tweaked the story a bit [to make it more appealing to a wider audience]- but I thought I would share with you the original snapshots.

1. a tractor hood from Allis Chalmers 180
2. measuring hood to determine height of table
3. the metal is dirty, dented, faded and worn from youth & employees behind the wheel of the tractor
4. the recycled pipe that supports the top of the table is cut with a hacksaw
5. the tractor hood is cut to size with a plasma cutter
6. a piece of flat sheet steel is welded to the bottom
7. smoke pours out of the hole where the radiator would have been
8. a piece of new American made 10 guage steel was welded to form the top and the edges are ground smooth with a hand held grinder
9. the final step is to weld the bottom and the top of the table together