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Artist // Professional // Artisan Crafts
- United States
- Deviant for 15 years
- www.davis-steelworks.com
- He / Him
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My Bio
My name is Dan Davis, I am a bladesmith, swordsmith and blacksmith. I have been doing this since I was a young man; I'm not so young anymore but still cranking things out occasionally.
More recently I was associated with a company called Wild Wolf Forge, LLC but I parted ways with them in August of 2009. I bear them no ill will; I simply needed to move on. I mention this because they also have a profile on DA and although they have not used it in a long while you may occasionally run across the same blades on both sites. No one is stealing anything, I made the blades and they have them is all.
Current Residence: Garland, Texas USA
Other Interests
Bladesmithing, blacksmithing, Japanese Sword Arts, dogs, cats
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So yesterday I retrieved the last of my martial arts equipment from my last student. I should have done this sooner, but I did not have the heart to do so.I learned my martial art from a very old Japanese man who trained me in the last years of his life, long after he had quit teaching others. I do not know why he chose to do this but he did, and upon his death named me soke of his ryu. Hirakawa Sensei passed away in 1987, leaving me in charge of his legacy. Yes, I am headmaster of a singular and individual Japanese martial art: Kotaro no kami Yagyu Hirakawa ryu Kenjutsu.I have trained students along the Pacific rim; I have trained Japanes...
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What Makes Art Good?
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So what makes art good? I submit to you that good art is art which both provokes the thought and evokes the emotion intended by the artist.Consider the famous (infamous) blank canvas that hung in the New York Met (and may yet hang there) - the most common thought it provokes is "What the hell is this?" and the most common emotion it evokes would be mild annoyance. IS this art? Well, it is a canvas painted completely white in order to represent (waaait for itttt!!!): a blank canvas. So, it IS a representation of a thing and we have already said it provokes and evokes, so that makes it art.But is it good art? Based on the overblown artist st...
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Thanks! How are you doing? Been a while.
Yes it has been; Dimytri and I are trying to set up a time we can all get together soon. I'm doing okay; it's getting to be winter again and my old bones are protesting.
hey dan, hows it going?
and btw i totally expect feedback on the knitted things i make so fo shiz make comments
and btw i totally expect feedback on the knitted things i make so fo shiz make comments
Hey, Luv. It has been a slow couple of weeks for me but it looks like next week will be a killer one.
I'm going to try and get out to visit you next week, too.
I'm going to try and get out to visit you next week, too.
fun, im hardly at the shop anymore
Thanks again! I finally got that blue one.
Thanks!