Lee
Badger
Anvil Works
Lee W. Badger is the owner, director and chief
talent of Anvil Works®, in business since 1981. His life-long
career as a self-employed artist-blacksmith began during
the 1970's in Denver and the Colorado Rockies and brought him
to the Mid-Atlantic region in the late 1980's. He taught and worked
as an artist-in-residence at Glen Echo National Park in suburban
Washington, DC from 1989 to 1993. As the scope of his business
increased, Lee began to seek a regionally central location where
he could create a workshop of his own design. In 1998 he built
the Anvil Works studio and metal workshop in Hedgesville.
Lee’s work consistently earns honors and awards in museum
and gallery exhibitions. As a furniture maker and sculptor, he
is a member of The Furniture Society and the International Sculpture
Center. He also belongs to national, regional and local artist-craftsman
guilds and associations, and attends metalsmithing workshops and
conferences wherever his interests may lead.
“When I was in art school, I became a metalsmith thinking
there would be less competition in this field and it would be
easier to have a successful artistic career. I believe in the
saying, ‘You get the kind of work you do,’ so I try
to be as versatile as possible, taking on interesting and unique
projects, whatever they are.”
The mainstay of Lee’s studio business is a regular flow
of privately commissioned work. Carefully understood and completed
commissions are the main sources of referral. He shares delight
and satisfaction in the commissioning process with design professionals,
collectors and homeowners alike.
Web site: Anvilworks.net
Lee Badger / Anvil Works
Box 1313, Hedgesville, WV 25427
Tel. / Fax: 304-754-3282
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