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8065 Jackson Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 USA 734-426-3735 |
| BORN: | 3-08-1956 |
Midland, Michigan |
| EDUCATION: | 1978 |
B.F.A. Jewelry/Metalsmithing, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. |
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1985 |
1985 Apprenticeship under Manfred Bredohl. Diploma, International Teaching Center for Metal Design. Aachen, Germany. |
| WORKSHOPS: | 1983 |
Japanese Swordsmithing with Yoshindo Yoshihara, College of Marin, CA. |
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1984 |
Japanese Swordsmithing with Yoshindo Yoshihara, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX. |
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1986 |
Gate building with Francis Whitaker, Dayton, OH. |
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1987 |
Sculpture with Manfred Bredohl, University of Michigan, School of Art and Architecture, Ann Arbor, MI. |
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TEACHING: |
1991 |
Instructor, Pattern welding and bladesmithing. Peter’s Valley Craft Center. Layton, NJ. |
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1992 |
Demonstrator, International ABANA Conference, San Luis Obispo, CA. |
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1994 |
Advanced Pattern Welding, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. |
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1994 |
Demonstrator, Quad State Conference, Tipp City, Ohio |
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1997 |
Instructor, Bladesmithing, National ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN. |
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1998 |
1998 Demonstrator, ABANA Conference, Asheville, NC. |
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1999 |
Instructor, Blacksmithing, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
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1999 |
Instructor, Damascus Steel, Peter’s Valley Center for Crafts, Layton, NJ. |
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1999 |
Demonstrator, Forging on the River, National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN. |
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1999 |
Demonstrator, SOFA Conference, Troy, OH. |
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1999 |
Demonstrator, California Blacksmiths' Octoberfest, Fort Ross, CA. |
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2000 |
USA Presenter, Demonstrator, FERRO 2000, World Congress of Blacksmiths, Cloppenburg, Germany. |
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2002 |
Instructor, Iron, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. |
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2003 |
Instructor, Peter’s Valley Center for Crafts, Layton, NJ. |
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2004 |
2004 Instructor, Smartshop, Kalamazoo, MI. |
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2005 |
FERRO 2005, World Congress of
Blacksmiths, Peace Project, Forging a Tank into a sculpture to
benefit UNICEF/Schools in Africa Project. Vechta, Germany. |
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2005 |
Demonstrator, Rocky Mountain Smiths Conference, Carbondale, CO. |
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2005 |
Riverfront Sculpture Workshop, for the City of Kalamazoo. @Smartshop. Kalamazoo, MI. |
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2005 |
Forging Peace, with Holly Fisher and Pekka Lappalainan, @Smartshop, Kalamazoo, MI. |
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2000-2010 |
Annual Instructor, Artistic Smithing, Tiller’s International, Kalamazoo, MI. |
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AFFILIATIONS: |
The Knifemaker’s Guild, retired. |
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Michigan Artist Blacksmith Association, Past president. |
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ABANA, Artist Blacksmith
Association of North America, 25 year member, nine years on the Board
of Directors, four years as Vice President, seven as Chair of Finance
Committee, and Past President. |
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National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN. |
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Tiller’s International, Member and Instructor. Kalamazoo, MI. |
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EXHIBITIONS: |
1982 |
Metalsmithing, The Michigan Influence, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI. |
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1984 |
Knives for a Mythical Hunt, Balene’s Gallery, Houston, TX. |
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1984 |
Contemporary Ironwork, Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY. |
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1984 |
The Knifemaker’s Art, Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, NY. |
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1987 |
MABA Exhibition, Slusser gallery, University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI. |
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1993 |
The American Art Knife, National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN. |
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1997 |
Contemporary Blacksmithing, Artspace, Lima, OH. |
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1998 |
Garden Show, American Craft Gallery, Cleveland, OH. |
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1999 |
Scott Lankton and Jim Roth, Swords into Ploughshares Peace Gallery, Detroit, MI. |
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2001 |
Contemporary ironwork, Brookfield Craft Center Brookfield, CT. |
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1982-2004 | 2004 ABANA Conference Exhibitions |
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2004-2005 |
Iron, A New Vocabulary,
Traveling Exhibition, Curated by the Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
traveling to Winthrop University Galleries, Winthrop University, Rock
Hill, SC. and Deland Museum of Art, Deland FL. |
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2005 |
2005 Past, Present, Future. Center for Creative Studies Detroit, MI. |
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2006 |
Metalize Invitational. Detroit Artist’s Market Detroit, MI |
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2007 |
2007 The Forge, Invitational. Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI. |
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COLLECTIONS: |
1989 |
The British Museum, Sutton Hoo Sword Replication, London, UK |
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1999 |
1999 Michael Assairian Cancer Center, Providence Hospital, Meditation Space Sculpture, Novi, MI. |
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1986-2011 |
Numerous private collections |
| PUBLICATIONS:
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1984 |
“Points of Interest” by Jim Weyer, Book one. |
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1985 | “Custom Knifemaking” by Tim McWright |
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1987 |
“Points of Interest” by Jim Weyer, Book two. |
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1989 |
“Metalsmith Magazine”, A Reproduction of the Sutton Hoo Sword” by Scott Lankton |
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1996 |
"Blade Magazine”, Doctor Damascus” October. |
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1999 |
“Beating Guns into Art,” Ann Arbor News, 4-20-99 |
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1999 |
"Armed with Art” the Detroit Free Press, 4-29-99 |
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1999 |
“Forging Guns for Peace” CBS Evening News |
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1999 |
“Guns into Art”, Backstage Pass, PBS channel 56 Television, Detroit, MI. |
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2000 |
“The Contemporary Blacksmith”, by Dona Meilach, Schiffer Publishing. |
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2002 |
2002 “Architectural Ironwork”, by Dona Meilach, Schiffer Publishing |
| 1984-2008 |
“The Anvil’s Ring”, a publication of ABANA. Various photos and articles. |
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My architectural metalwork, much
of which is a site-specific, attempt to enhance the experience of
everyday living through the combination of utility and beauty.
The spontaneity of forging hot iron continues to delight me, as does the strength and integrity of this medium. I am fascinated by the duality of beauty and danger that life combines, and I hope that through my work, the lives of others will be made a bit more beautiful and enjoyable. My recent work on projects against violence and war have allowed me to see how easy it is to fight and destroy and how much harder it is to work peacefully and create. The hard way is easy enough. Scott Lankton has been a studio artist for thirty-one years. He currently maintains his studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. |