Justin R. Cockrell
  🔮 Craft Artist and Educator 🦚
 

metal


Hammer room samples
2024
Sunk, formed, chased, repousséd, Hot and cold forged,planished pierced, pressed soldered, and polished copper
Sawn, formed, soldered, pierced, and riveted brass
Glass trade beads knotted on ankara with a forged closure 
Photo by the artist


Devotional (Clinging Cross)
2024
Made to fit in your hand. 
Lost wax cast, cut, polished, and water patinated bronze 
Dyed and woven basket reeds
Indigo 
Photo by the artist


Devotionals (starshine bracelet)
2024
Made to fit on ur wrist  
Lost wax cast, cut, polished, and water patinated bronze 
Scoured, dyed, and knotted notted silk, glass
fresh leaf indigo,
Photo by the artist


FGT rings
2025
Sizes 10-11
Cast, cut, filed, polished, and hammered sterling silver 
Clear quartz 
Candy wrapper from Untitled (portrait of Ross in L.A.) by Felix González Torres
Latex by ellie lore
Photo by the artist


Illuminating figures (sentinel & paragon)
7' x 14" x 21"
2025
milled, laminated, carved, steam bent, sanded, painted, and sanded white oak 
sunk, angle raised, fold formed, hammered, coined, and fabricated, brass, white quartz
cleaned, mordanted, naturally, chemically dyed, twined, woven and knotted basket reeds, sisal & silk gauze, nylon covered electric cord, filament light bulb
a lamp as tall as my brother with a light bulb at the height of my heart. The lamp functions as a pendulum. Pendulums are simple divination tools where a crystal is suspended in space and then can answer yes or no questions by swinging one way or another. This lamp feels like the logical result of making furniture to answer questions and bring the spirit of the trees into my home. 
photo by jacob wall and david handforth


Selfie spoon
2024
Hot and cold forged, formed, planished pierced, pressed soldered, and polished copper 
Photo by the artist


Fgt ring detail
2025
Sizes 10-11
Cast, cut, filed, polished, and hammered sterling silver 
Clear quartz 
Candy wrapper from Untitled (portrait of Ross in L.A.) by Felix González Torres
Latex by ellie lore
Photo by the artist


Twirly
2024
19” 
Fresh water pearls, glass beads, fake pearls knotted on dyed silk and polyester thread
Cut, fabricated, hammered, and stamped sterling silver
Photo by the artist