BROOKLYN DESIGN

This is what I see when I amble around in my 'hood. Gotta love Brooklyn.

FIRE IT UP (SUMMER EDITION)

Irongear Sculpture

Innovation of the outdoor kind: a stylized gas fire pit fabricated from raw steel with handmade details such as peeling bark, pine cones, leaves, and twigs. Since it is handcrafted, this item takes on a sculptural quality to nearly pass as a work of art. The exaggerated vertical arrangement and inclusion of details such as twigs and leaves makes this a very unique piece that emphasizes the ferociousness of the flame. But it is not too ferocious -- the flame is not from the wild strike of a match or the breath of a hot ember, but the controlled flip of a gas switch.