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		<title>Driveway Gate &#8212; Work in Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A glimpse of what&#8217;s going on in the shop these days &#8212; a driveway gate &#38; walk-through gate for clients who run a lavender farm in Woodinville, Washington.   As they prepare to open their farm to the public they need a stout &#38; eye-catching driveway gate to 1) attract, impress &#38; spark curiosity as people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shapely Two Progresses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave @ Cobalt Designworks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now comes the fun part.  I get to take the laser cut steel panels I showed you in the previous post and begin to form them into their intended shape.  When we built the first Shapely I chose to construct an internal armature to support the 16 gauge shell (shown in the next two pictures) .     Since Shapely and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shots around the Studio</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architectural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gates & Railings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went around with my camera today taking photos of our goings on.  We recently got this southwestern porch railing back from powder coat.  Next stop, palletize &#38; ship to North Carolina.   Laser cut parts for the ribbit railing.   Rust happens! Natural oxidation in action on the railing we built for our house [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Time for Sculpture!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We love metal here at Cobalt Designworks and pride ourselves on offering infinite possibilities in custom metal work.  Got an idea?  We&#8217;ll help you realize it as long as Dave gets to play with iron, alloys and cool tools, and I get to add some design panache.  The challenge with offering such a wide range of goods is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shrinking Wings(making a BIG sculpture small)</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdesignworks.com/blog/small-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rise - Copyright 2009 Cobalt Designworks, LLC After a few people commented that they&#8217;d love a small version of our sculpture Rise , we got to thinking about creating a mini rendition of the 9-foot winged woman. At first it seemed counter to the norm; artists usually create a smaller model, or maquette, before creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art Deco Styling &#8211; work in progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gates & Railings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[deco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are work-in-progress photos of an art deco gate we are creating for clients in Portland. Dave has added the lock box and hinges since these photos were taken. Next stop powder-coat. Copyright 2009 Cobalt Designworks, LLC Copyright 2009 Cobalt Designworks, LLC Copyright 2009 Cobalt Designworks, LLC This is the design rendering we presented to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little About Us, Our Art and Our Process</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdesignworks.com/blog/our-art-and-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cobaltdesignworks.com/blog/?p=285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dave and I play on our differences to create sculpture together.  We are yin and yang.  Dave is linear thinking; inspired by high craftsmanship, process, lines &#38; angles and order.  I have a more free-flowing way of going about things.  I am inspired by my surroundings – the environment and the people around me, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fabrication 101 &#8211; box construction</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdesignworks.com/blog/27/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Process & Technique]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both Rise and Shapely are examples of box construction, a design and fabrication style we  use often in our sculpture where we create a closed form from cut and formed pieces of sheet metal.  Each metal shape becomes a wall, and corners are created when two pieces are joined together with a continuous weld along its length.  This process is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Rod Angel</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdesignworks.com/blog/hot-rod-angel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I don&#8217;t remember who I overheard referring to our new sculpture as Hot Rod Angel, but I had to chuckle.  My original idea to explore bold metallic colors came from watching American Chopper and seeing the painters apply multiple layers of yellow and green to a new motorcycle tank.  It was bitchin&#8217;, and I couldn&#8217;t stop thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Journal of Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdesignworks.com/blog/photo-journey-of-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 19:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Process & Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rise]]></category>
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