Fire Pits… It begins!
The top dish of the fire pit is made from a steel plow disk and was salvaged from a farm on Sauvie Island near Portland, Oregon. The plow disk is part of the impliment that carves rows in the soil. The round cast iron colum piece (top) and the bottom molding are both items reported to be remnants beloning to the Smith and Watson Building circa 1880′s. This building is featured in the “Grand Era of Cast-Iron Architecture in Portland” by William J. Hawkins, III.
I made three like this. One lives with the farmer that sold me the plow disks. Two live with co-workers.
The original Atomic Fire Pit (the first I ever made) is not pictured. As the name suggests, it’s not quite as demure as the others. I have plans to make more in the style of the Atomic Fire Pit. Stay tuned.