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Gag Gri zns menorah
"I thought it might be interesting to have an alter-
can be arranged in di erent
native to the traditional menorah," says metalsmith
patterns. "Eight of the
Gary S. Griffin, of Bloomfield Hills. "That someone
candle holders were
might find value in having a menorah that had the
constructed of a blackened
possibility of symmetry or asymmetry." Made up of
steel. The shammas candle
nine individual units, Griffin's menorah can be
holder is a lighter colon"
arranged into different patterns and positioned in dif-
ferent ways. "If you have a mantle, you can spread it
out, or nest it together. It can be done fairly creative-
ly. It gives you a lot of different options for arrangement and lifestyle."
In constructing the menorah, each of the pieces were heated to a dull red
heat, and then put into a hydrolic press. "I actually form them in the
hydrolic press. That's something that I'm working a lot with in my other
architectural and domestic interior pieces," he says. "Eight of the candle
holders were constructed of a blackened steel. The shammas candle holder
has been tinned to a lighter color. It's more of a silvery kind of color. I want-
ed to signify the shammas."
Artist in Residence and Head of the Metalsmithing Department at Cran-
brook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills. Griffin received a Bachelor of Arts
from California State University, Long Beach, and a Master of Fine Arts from
Tyler School of Art, Temple University. He has been the recipient of two
National Endowment for the Arts grants, and has exhibited in the United States,
Mexico, South America, Japan, and Europe. Griffin was recently part of a one-
man show at the Wearley Gallery in Royal Oak entitled, "Sentimental Signs."
Griffin's metal work, which centers around utilitarian residential pieces,
includes lighting fixtures, tables, fireplace screens, gates, and fences. He has
recently been commissioned to develop the front entrance gates to the Cran-
brook Educational Community on Lone Pine Road. Griffin says his work is
influenced by artists Edgar Brandt and Raymond Subes. "They were very
important iron workers. These are the people that I'm looking at no that
I'm interested in."
Griffin got his start in metalworking as a child. "I always made a lot of
things when I was a kid. Models and all of that. I started using metal. Even-
tually, I took classes in decorative metal work," he says.
"My mother worked with antiques. She always had a lot of decorative arts
around the house."