Tri State Sculptors/members/Chilingirian

Title: Golden Tulips Description: Another Mathematical Masterpiece based on the amazing Golden Ratio Dimensions: 13" X 5" X 5" Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: July 2007 Location: Donated to Transylvania Community Arts Council

Title: Order of the Rose Description: The Order of the Rose is perfection in nature. The entire piece is based on the Golden Ratio, It's size and dimensions create the perfect balance. The base is a pentagon with a pentacle inside of it which creates another pentagon inside of it and another pentacle which fits inside of that.....all based on the Golden Ratio. Same as the Rose. A perfect balance of mathematics the Rose Bud is 5" tall with the stem being 8.08" tall and the leaves extending out 3". The 5 Points of the rose open up to a pentacle...Perfect by natures standards, All fibonacci numbers Dimensions: 13" X 7" X 7" Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: July 2007 Location: Available for Sale

Title: Harmony's Defiance Description: Hand Forged Steel candle holders designed by Meghan Tess. Can be used for any purpose. These are limited edition sets,each one is stamped with designor's and artists initials and numbered. only 25 sets will be produced Dimensions: 9" 11" and 13" Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: 2008 Location: For Sale

Title: Primitive leaf ladle Description: Hand forged limited edition Leaf Ladles. Only 30 made, each one is signed and numbered Dimensions: Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Purchase

Title: Hanging Lights Description: This is a hand forged hanging chandelier. The candle cups are made of copper and are forged to give the illusion they are also melting Dimensions: Medium: Hand forged steel and copper Date Created: 2008 Location: Private Collection of Meghan

Title: The Trinity Trivit Description: Hand forged leaf trivit with copper wrapping Dimensions: 9" Medium: Hand forged steel and copper Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Purchase

Title: The Rails are Sharp Description: These are hand forged knives made from railroad spikes. They are one piece and hand polished Dimensions: Medium: Hand Forged Rail Road Spikes Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Sale

Title: 18" Leaf Utensil Rack Description: This is a hand forged leaf with bark texture rack that can be used for any purpose, Utensils, coats, towels. Comes with 3 hand forged removable leaf hooks Dimensions: 18" Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Sale

Title: Old Fashioned Plain Dinner Bell Set Description: Hand forged Steel Dinner triangle, Clangor and Hanger set. Dimensions: 9" Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Sale

Title: 18" Hand Forged Leaf Rack Description: This is a hand forged leaf with bark texture rack that can be used for any purpose, Utensils, coats, towels. Comes with 3 hand forged removable leaf hooks Dimensions: 18" Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Sale

Title: 18" Hand Forged Leaf Rack Description: This is a hand forged leaf with bark texture rack that can be used for any purpose, Utensils, coats, towels. Comes with 3 hand forged removable leaf hooks Dimensions: 18" Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Sale

Title: Single Bottle Table Top Leaf Wine Rack Description: This is a hand forged table top leaf wine rack Dimensions: Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Sale

Title: 32" Hand Forged Leaf Rack with Removable Hooks Description: This is a hand forged leaf with bark texture rack that can be used for any purpose, Utensils, coats, towels. Comes with 5 hand forged removable leaf hooks Dimensions: 32" Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Sale

Title: 32" Hand Forged Leaf Rack with Removable Hooks Description: This is a hand forged leaf with bark texture rack that can be used for any purpose, Utensils, coats, towels. Comes with 5 hand forged removable leaf hooks Dimensions: 32" Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Sale

Title: Single Bottle Table Top Wine Rack Description: This is a hand forged table top leaf wine rack Dimensions: Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Sale

Title: The Eye of Horus Description: Hand forged Frame with Hand painted and burnt copper plates depicting Symbolic Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Coded message Dimensions: 11.75" X 11.75" X 1.5" Medium: Hand Forged Steel and Copper Date Created: 2008 Location: Available for Sale

Title: Ornamental Dinner Triangle Description: Hand Forged wrought iron dinner triangle with hanger and clangor, heat treated to give the perfect ring of the natural order Dimensions: 21 x 13 Medium: Wrought Iron Date Created: 2007 Location: Private collection of Mel and David

Title: Sound of Nature Description: Hand forged wrought iron tree branch dinner triangle with leaf, look close and you will see the tree bark texture Dimensions: 21 x 13 Medium: Hand forged wrought iron Date Created: 2007 Location: Private Collection of Mike and Desirae

Title: Votive Candle Holder with a twist Description: Hand forged votive candle holder curving till ends meet. Although Michelangelo was a great artist, this better explains what should have been painted on the Sistine Chapel. Dimensions: 8 x 8 Medium: Steel Date Created: 2007 Location: Private collection of Angela Libby

Title: The Seed and The Storm Description: This piece is based on the struggle of life through difficult times. Even the smallest seed finds a way to grow despite the strength of the storm that tries to destroy its progress. Nature will always prevail against nature Dimensions: 42.5" x 21.5" x 21.5 " Medium: Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: Available for Sale

Title: The S Curve candle holder Dimensions: 18" x 7" x 13" Medium: hand wrought iron Date Created: 2006 Location: Private Collection of Michelle Hughes and family

Title: Victoria's Oil Burner Description: Collaborative project designed by Victoria Bachlotte and created by her and I Dimensions: 11" x 11" x 6" Medium: Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: Held in private collection of Sherry Waller

Title: The Spiral Description: Spiral Candle Holder made by using new and old blacksmithing techniques Dimensions: 17" X 13" X 13" Medium: Metal Art, Candle Holder Date Created: 2006 Location: Private Collection of Sarah's Art Cafe in Ayden

Title: Angels Touch Business Card Holder Description: This business card holder was made for Angela Libby who is a massage therapist. The business name is "Angel's Touch Therapeutic Massage". I wanted to make a card holder that actually captures the essence of the business. Dimensions: 8" X 10" X 10" Medium: Metal Art Date Created: 2006 Location: Private Collection of Angela Libby

Title: Horseshoe Business Card Holder Description: This Is a Business Card Holder that I made for myself out of Horseshoes using basic Blacksmith techniques Dimensions: 3.5" X 4" X 6" Medium: Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: Collection of Stephen J. Chilingirian

Title: East Carolina University Pirate Chopper Description: I built this Custom as a commission for the East Carolina University Pirate Club. I custom built the Frame, handlebars, battery box that is painted and made to look like a treasure chest, I custom designed the wiring for a clean look. The wheels were custom cut by Clint Sanders, The paint job was done by Piperformance in Raleigh, NC and the seat was custom made by Hotail Customs in Myrtle Beach, SC. This incredible bike will be raffled off in October at ECU'S Homecoming. Dimensions: Medium: Steel, Rubber, Paint and a dash of imagination Date Created: 2006 Location: East Carolina University

Title: The 13th Candle Description: The 13th candle is the most important candle of all. On Friday October 13, 1307, King Phillip the IV at the urging of Pope Clement the V, tried to have all the Knights of the Temple of Solomon Rounded up and killed. Most escaped and the enormous treasure they were said to posses disappeared forever. For the way they were betrayed by the Church they protected for so long, I dedicate all my work to their legacy by signing all my works of art with the date of the 13th day. The number 13 is a sacred number occurring everywhere in nature. It is found in the Golden Ratio and it is the 7th number in the Fibonacci sequence. This Candle holder named The 13th Candle is made with the number 13 throughout the entire piece. The three legs are exactly 13 inches long. The stem is also 13 inches long. If you put the one stem with the three legs you have the number 13. The spires coming up from the base are exactly 26 inches long (2 times 13). If you multiply the three spires by 26 you have a total of 78. If you divide 78 by the number 6 (which is the 3 legs plus the 3 spires) you get the number 13. Dimensions: Medium: Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: Private Collection of Al and Josephine

Title: Novus Ordo Seclorum Description: We see these symbols every day and never pay attention to their actual meaning. This custom candelabra was created in memory of the incredible vision of our forefathers who fought the tyranny and formed what we know today as The United States of America. The great builders of our nation used the Templar and Freemason symbols of the Un-finished Pyramid and the All Seeing Eye throughout our land and it was finally printed on the One Dollar Bill. The unfinished pyramid is a representation that our nation will always be changing and evolving. Underneath the unfinished pyramid is written Novus Ordo Seclorum, meaning New Order of the Ages or also translates to New Secular Order. Written at the base of the pyramid in Roman Numerals is MDCCLXXVI or 1776, the year the United States Declaration of Independence was signed. There are a total of 13 points on the candelabra. This number is very important in our nation’s history because it stands for the date that the Knight’s Templar were betrayed by the church. In addition, the number 13 also shows up numerous times on the One Dollar Bill and is symbolic of the 13 original colonies. There are 13 stars above the Eagle, the pyramid has 13 steps, there are 13 letters in ANNUIT COEPTIS (our undertaking has been favored), there are 13 letters in E PLURIBUS UNUM (from many, one), there are 13 vertical bars on the shield, there are 13 horizontal stripes at the top of the shield, there are 13 leaves on the olive branch, there are 13 fruits, and there are 13 arrows. Look closer and you can see even more symbols…… no, I’m not telling. Dimensions: 85" x 37" x 20" Medium: Steel Art Date Created: 2006 Location: Available for sale

Title: Fibonacci's Hidden Gold Description: There is a treasure that is so great; King Solomon would have given his entire Kingdom to possess it. It is a treasure that is more precious than all the riches imaginable. This is a treasure that was woven into the fabric of our entire universe. This treasure is found in all things of the natural order and is so pure that we still have not found its true purpose. All we know is that it is everywhere. The Key to finding the treasure is this sculpture. It is everywhere and is built on every level combined. The key within the sculpture hides A number seen both far and wide. Within the combination told its partial name is made of Gold. Of all the secrets to uncover 1 number comes before the other. Our founding fathers knew it well Look at the buildings where they dwell One final thought before I end This number shows where light will bend Dimensions: 85.5 x 42 x 42 Medium: Hand Forged Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: North Carolina Arboretum

Title: Inner Swirl Candle Holder Dimensions: Medium: Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: Available For Sale

Title: Flowering Steel Dimensions: Medium: Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: Available For Sale

Title: Outer Swirl Candle Holder Dimensions: Medium: Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: Available For Sale

Title: Wild West Document Pedestal Dimensions: Medium: Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: Private Collection of Victoria Bachlotte

Title: Rapunzel's Braid Candle Holder Description: hand wrought iron braided candle holder using very unique antique rust finish and clear coated Dimensions: 20" x 13" x 12" Medium: Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: available for sale

Title: Melting Point Candle Holder with Blue Candles Description: Hand forged wrought iron candle holder with melting illusion Dimensions: 16" x 9" x 7" Medium: Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: available for sale

Title: Navajo Medicine Wheel Description: Navajo Medicine wheel with steel feathers wrought by hand Dimensions: 13" x 26" Medium: Hand Wrought Iron Date Created: 2006 Location: private collection of Tom and Sherry Habib

Title: The Jim Project Description: This is a custom frame that I designed, engineered and built Dimensions: Medium: Steel Date Created: 2006 Location: Greenville, NC

Title: Orion's Pyramid Description: ORION’S PYRAMID BY STEPHEN J. CHILINGIRIAN 10,260 YEARS AGO, AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION BUILT THE PYRAMIDS AND THE SPHINX ON THE GIZA PLATEAU IN EGYPT. THE PYRAMIDS WERE BUILT USING AN AMAZING MATHEMATICAL FORMULA KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN RATIO ( 1.61803 : 1 ) WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN MANY FACETS OF NATURE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NAUTILUS SHELL, THE SEED STRUCTURE IN AN APPLE, AND THE STRUCTURE OF A PINE CONE. THE PYRAMIDS WERE ALSO BUILT BY USING THE STAR CONSTELLATION OF ORION AS A GUIDE. THE TIPS OF THE THREE PYRAMIDS LINED UP EXACTLY WITH THE THREE STARS IN ORION’S BELT AROUND THE YEAR 8250 BCE (BEFORE COMMON ERA). ADDITIONALLY, THE CONSTELLATION LEO LINED UP DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE GREAT SPHINX. TO THIS DAY THERE IS MUCH SPECULATION AS TO WHO ACTUALLY BUILT THE PYRAMIDS AND WHEN THEY WERE BUILT. THERE IS A LEGEND THAT DEEP WITHIN THE ORION NEBULA THERE IS A SOLAR SYSTEM WITH A PLANET CALLED ANTERES WHO’S INHABITANTS ARE SO FAR ADVANCED THAT THEY WERE CAPABLE OF TRAVELING TO OUR PLANET AND BESTOWING UPON THE RECEPTIVE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS KNOWLEDGE FAR BEYOND THEIR CURRENT CAPABILITIES. BECAUSE OF THIS GREAT GIFT THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS PAID HOMAGE TO THE ANTERIANS BY ERECTING 3 OF THE GREATEST ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL MARVELS EVER ACHIEVED IN THE HISTORY OF OUR PLANET. THIS SCULPTURE IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE GREAT PYRAMIDS AND THE CONSTELLATION ORION AND THE MATHEMATICAL FORMULA OF THE GOLDEN RATIO. ALL THREE WERE USED IN ITS CREATION. THE ANKH ON TOP REPRESENTS THE KNOWLEDGE OF ETERNAL LIFE. IT IS AN EVERLASTING SYMBOL THAT ALL THINGS ARE MADE UP OF ENERGY WHICH CAN NEVER BE DESTROYED, BUT CAN CHANGE FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER. THE CRYSTAL WITHIN THE CENTER OF THE PYRAMID REPRESENTS THE MANY ELEMENTS OF THE UNIVERSE. WHEN THE SCULPTURE IS PLACED IN THE SUNLIGHT, WITH THE BASE POINTS OF THE PYRAMID FACING EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH, THE SHADOW CREATES THE OUTLINE OF THE CONSTELLATION OF ORION. Dimensions: 62" X 16" X 16" Medium: Steel Date Created: 2005 Location: Available for Sale - Currently on Exhibit at Tryon

Title: The Tree of Life Description: THE TREE OF LIFE BY Stephen J. Chilingirian BILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, THROUGHOUT OUR UNIVERSE AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS, CHAOS GAVE WAY TO ORDER AS LIFE BEGAN TO SPRING UP. MORE AND MORE UNIVERSES BEGAN TO EMERGE, AND MORE AND MORE GALAXIES WITHIN THOSE UNIVERSES. GIANT BALLS OF HOT GASSES BEGAN TO GIVE LIGHT AND WERE CALLED STARS. PARTICLES OF DUST AND OTHER MATTER BEGAN TO BOND TOGETHER AROUND THE STARS TO FORM PLANETS. FINALLY THE PLANETS WERE SPRINKLED WITH THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS TO FORM PLANTS, ANIMALS AND HUMANOID BEINGS WE CALL MAN ON OUR PLANET AND ALIEN BEINGS ON OTHERS. AS EVERYTHING CONTINUED TO EXPAND, MORE BRANCHES WERE ADDED TO THE TREE OF LIFE UNTIL FINALLY IT BORE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FRUIT THAT COULD EVER BE GIVEN. THAT GIFT WAS KNOWLEDGE. NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE, WE ALSO HAD THE KNOWLEDGE THAT EVERYTHING IS PART OF EVERYTHING. EVEN DOWN TO THE LAST SUBATOMIC PARTICLE, EVERYTHING CAME FROM THE SAME NEVER DYING ENERGY. WHEN THE ANCIENTS OF THIS AND OTHER PLANETS REALIZED THAT THEIR PEOPLE STARTED TO FORGET THAT THEY CAME FROM THE EVERYTHING, THEY TRIED TO REMIND THEM BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. THEY DECIDED TO HIDE THE KNOWLEDGE SO THAT IT WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED AND WITH THE HOPE THAT ONE DAY THE PEOPLE WOULD BE READY TO ACCEPT THE KNOWLEDGE ONCE AGAIN. AS TIME WENT ON, AND BEINGS FROM EVERY PLACE AND EVERY TIME FORGOT MORE AND MORE, THE TREE OF LIFE STOPPED BEARING FRUIT AND THE BRANCHES BEGAN TO DIE AND FALL OFF BECOMING COMPLETELY SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE TREE. I PRESENT TO YOU THE TREE OF LIFE AS IT ONCE WAS LONG AGO. THE FIVE MAIN ROOTS AT THE BASE OF THE TREE REPRESENT THE SHAPE OF THE PENTAGON AND PENTAGRAM WHICH IS THE SYMBOL FOR THE PERFECT NUMBER OR GOLDEN RATIO, THE BRANCHES ARE SHOWN FLOURISHING AND REACHING OUT AND UP. THE TRUNK OF THE TREE IS MADE IN THE FORM OF A DOUBLE HELIX WHICH IS A SYMBOL FOR ALL LIFE AND REPRESENTATION OF THE STRAND OF DNA. FINALLY THE TOP OF THE TREE IS CROWNED WITH THE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL FLOWER WHICH SYMBOLIZES THE FRUIT OR THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE. NOW DO YOU RE- MEMBER? Dimensions: 6' 5" tall x 26" wide x 28" deep Medium: Metal Art, Horseshoes, Glass Date Created: 2005 Location: Private Collection of Victoria Bachlotte

Title: Lighted Coat Rack Description: This unique coat rack was made using horseshoes, round tubing, flat bar and 1/4" polished rod. It doubles as a lamp and has holders built in for umbrellas or canes Dimensions: 6' x 21" x 21" Medium: Metal art, Horseshoes, Glass Date Created: 2005 Location: Private Collection of Bill and Sherry Waller

Title: Light of Arizona Description: This Small end table lamp was made using horseshoes. and is made to look like a cactus plant. The shade was hand painted by Victoria Bachlotte Dimensions: 34" X 14" X 14" Medium: Metal Art, Horseshoes Date Created: 2005 Location: Ayden, NC

Title: The Gunslinger Description: This Chopper that I designed, engineered and built is probably my favorite project. It started with Clint Sanders coming up with the idea of milling .357 Magnum shells in a set of wheels he cut and it grew from there into the Gun Slinger Dimensions: Medium: Steel, Aluminum, Brass, and get up and go Date Created: 2005 Location: Greenville, NC

Title: The Blue Streak Description: This was a fun project I designed, engineered and built in the pro street style. The wheels were a design I found in a hentai tattoo book and were slightly redesigned and machined by Clint Sanders Dimensions: Medium: Steel, Aluminum and Rubber Date Created: 2005 Location: Greenville, NC

Title: The Randy Project Description: Every portion of this custom was designed, engineered and built by myself. The oil tank was fabricated by Benny Bunch and the Wheels were precision machined by Clint Sanders Dimensions: Medium: Steel, Aluminum and Rubber Date Created: 2005 Location: Winterville, NC

Title: The Pink Lady Description: This creation of mine was built to be strong enough for a man but made for a woman. The frame is store bought but the tank was hand crafted with indented sides and welding a real forged rose inside the indented portion. It also features a double rose shifter linkage (I did not pick the color) Dimensions: Medium: Steel Date Created: 2005 Location: Greenville, NC

Title: ...TO Bat Bike Description: ....First I tore it completely apart. I cut the neck and gave it 2 more degrees rake. Then I started on the motor and drive train and transformed from 64 horse power at the rear wheel to 103 horse power at the rear wheel just by working my magic on the heads. I sucked in the saddle bags by making new brackets, lowered the bike 2 1/2" cut the windshield, polished and painted the heads and cylinders, repainted the motor case, completely blacked out the wheels, polished the rotors and had just about everything else chromed. finally I had it painted straight black, no emblems or pin striping. Dimensions: Medium: Steel, and Imagination Date Created: 1999

Title: From Street Slug......... Description: I purchased this 1992 Harley Davidson FLHTC (full dresser) motorcycle exactly as you see in the picture. I had only one thing on my mind when I picked it up....... Dimensions: Medium: Steel Date Created: 1992

Title: Orion's Pyramid 2 Dimensions: Medium: Steel Location: Available for sale

Title: The 13th Candle Top View Dimensions: Medium: Steel

Title: Fibonacci's Hidden Gold View 2 Dimensions: Medium:

Title: Fibonacci's Hidden Gold View 3 Dimensions: Medium:

Title: Inner Swirl Candle Holder (top view) Dimensions: Medium:

Title: Flowering Steel (side view) Dimensions: Medium:

Title: Outer Swirl Candle Holder (top view) Dimensions: Medium: Steel

Title: Wild West Document Pedestal (with framed photo) Dimensions: Medium:

Title: The Seed and The Storm (different view) Dimensions: Medium:

Title: Melting Point Candle Holders Dimensions: Medium: Location: available for sale

Title: Navajo Medicine Wheel Detail of feathers Dimensions: Medium:

Web sites that feature work by Stephen J. Chilingirian

http://ipst.gatech.edu/amp/world_crafts/english/group_us/us_galleries/metal_arts.html -- World Crafts Council International

http://www.theartofsteeling.com -- Artists personal web site

Artist's Bio

Stephen J. Chilingirian has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Astrophysics, an Associate of Arts degree in Business Administration, A Law Degree, a Master of Technology Certification from Harley Davidson Motor Company, and has received his Technician Certification from Toyota Motor Co. He owned a 100% organic cattle ranch in Colorado where he invented many useful tools for the equine industry. Thi ...... more

Artist's Statement

A non-conformist by nature, I choose not to create art that is of the latest trend or style. Others, who are considered professionals in art, do not view my art as contemporary. My art has a style that is individualistic, truly unique and more in the lines of Leonardo DaVinci, with its hidden messages created to force the viewer to use their mind and begin a journey into thought. All of my wo ...... more

Resume

JURIED EXHIBITS AND AWARDS 2008 North Carolina Arboretum - "Kaleidoscope Contemporary Landscape Juried Sculpture Exhibit” Juried Entry – 11th Biennial Western North Carolina Juried Art Exhibit – Tryon Fine Arts Center Juried Entry – 36th Annual Fine Arts Showcase – Transylvania Community Arts Council Juried Entry – Sapphire Valley Masters Association Art and Craft show 2007 Grift ...... more