The World Within

Undergrad Project. Interactive Sculptural Installation Inspired by Lichens.

SALIX Fe

A Large Garden Sculpture created as a private commission inspired by Willow Trees.

A bit about Ru

Ru Christman is an artist, sculptor and blacksmith, based in Dundee and working in Fife, Scotland.

Ru is drawn to studying natural forms, focussing on exploring the boundries of material and scale to create their intricate, botanically inspired sculptures.

Their work is created through a detailed drawing first approach followed by combination of traditional hand skills such as welding, smithing and fabrication.

Recent commission from bespoke furniture maker Jim Brown. Jim gave me free reign with design on this lovely elm side table. I looked to the structure of the grain for inspiration decided to pull the lines already present in the wood through with th
Plantain Lily Fun to use explore using a swage for these bud forms. Next time I would like to get a much better finish just with hammering to keep the process in the final outcome. Nice to get back to plasma cutting too. Lots of potential! #metalw
Giant Allium Another sculpture complete. 🌱 Looking forward to seeing this one in its new home! On to the next! The big question; Is the sculpture really tall or am I really small? 🤔 #sculpture #artistblacksmith #metalsculptor #metalwork #gar
Giant Allium Each of the petals have been forged, bent, cut, welded and cleaned up with the grinder to create a flower element. Please with how these come together! #blacksmith #artistblacksmith #metalwork #sculpture
Research Sketches for the next commission; Giant Allium 🌱 #metalwork #botanicalillustration #gardenscultpure #sculpture
Salix Fe First ever sculpture installed! Very grateful to have been given this opportunity. Thank you for your faith Peter and Caroline! I learnt so much through this process. Couldn't have done it without the help and support of Jim. Ver
Off to the galvanisers! The next step for this price was to get it off to the galvanisers to protect it from environmental deterioration. I built a cage around it to protect it through the process (thank you @rathopete for this advice!). I was re
Assembly Bringing everything together! Super fun. Lots of head scratching and awkward balancing. Playing around with different compositions. #artistblacksmithing #sculpture #metalwork #welding #craft