Triron

the artist

Triron is a large man (7.5ft). His frame supports 400lbs of pure forming power.

His hair is black and close croped, about 1/2 an inch.

His eyes are a firce orange, like the smoldering embers he watches so much.

He has three arms. The third growing out of his left side about 1/2' under his left shoulder.

He is very strong yet his right arm hand and sholder are built from moving masses of iron. Having two dominant arms allows him to get more blows per heat than many smiths can get with a Little Giant.

He dresses in flowing white shirts like a dulest, but his third arm makes itself a hole. He wears a massive leather kilt and thick steel toed boots with no socks.

His skin is made from asbestos and has that white flaky quality that the fire protection of many major schools are getting rid of.

His lungs have filters in them that catch coal dust and bits of his asbestos skin. The filters wrap themeselves in phlegm and are ejected in his morning hack. The filters grow anew over night.

He of course is an ironworker. Working from a forge in a hill that stradles a massive coal vein. He constructs a whole range of things from tiny rings to massive statues and sculpture, all in his gas and coal lit forge. Power hammers don't keep the neighbors up.

the art

His favourite constructions are big vertical spires. He scrounges around junk yards and scrap yards collecting massive pices of steel. On a day he might bring back a 2 ton kicker and some odd shaped cut outs. All of this scrap is forge welded together and streached up to the sky as if, pointing an accusing finger at god and heaven. A black rusty finger. He also does iron work for contract. Like railings and gates and stairs. As I said before he likes to scavenge, and in all his work the original form can still be seen, yet adapted to its new master. Serving to better enhance his work.

the beret

His "Hat" is his hammer. It is a 50 lbs pice tool steel, from a drill bit of one of the giant mining mechines. The hammer has a handle of stout ash worn smooth by use. The hammer has a flat face and on the other end is a cross pean. The head is shiny metalic and the shaft is dark and stained with sweat.

I like this idea. Not many people think of iron workers as artists, but now you must and I know that I do, and will always. See you soon. Keep the fires burning. Triron, uses strictly coal forges and, even his massive sculpture is done with a small portable forge.

Submitted by Calaban (calaban@geocities.com), on Thursday, August 29, 1996, from New York City USA