Katherine Kagler
A pair of gates installed in the courtyard of the Design Center of Austin
A friend saw the gate I was working on with all the flowers and asked me to make a bouquet of flowers for her wedding! The scale is much smaller than the flowers on the gate.
A firescreen installed in the patio of
Guero's Taco Bar on Congress Ave.
Set of fireplace tools made to accompany
the firescreen
Handle detail with touchmark
This was an overly ambitious design with all
traditional joinery. William Bastas was generous enough to collaborate with me on
the larger more difficult forgings.
The client wanted a true rust finish
A belt buckle for my best girl,
Kimbie.
Making belt buckles is a sort of
tradition in my family. My father, Jeff Kagler, was a welder and was known for
making buckles out of anything weldable from braided welding rod to stainless
pipe, often incorporating coins and abalone shell. My grandpa, James
Cotton, as well as uncles James, Frank and Charlie Cotton, are all talented
welders. My grandma's father, Frank Pagoda was a blacksmith too and I proudly
carry on the tradition in our family.
A new mailbox post for my Momma. Merry
Christmas!
