Fire Cone 22-684

About Fire Cone 22-684

This large outdoor pop art sculpture was hand-forged in steel; its form was inspired by nature.

Inspired by the tall pines that surround his studio on the Niagara escarpment, Canadian sculptor Floyd Elzinga has created a series of impressive pop art steel sculptures that resemble pine cones.
This exquisitely detailed piece is designed to house logs for a fire.
The end of the cone easily opens up to allow for logs to be placed inside. Elzinga is best known for re-creating iconic Canadian images—the pinecone, the maple leaf and the pine branch— natural forms forged from industrial materials.

“My art is my forestry … I grew up on a farm and now I make metal seeds and flowers and I'm growing a metal garden." Floyd Elzinga

“Much like a painter with a brush, Elzinga uses metal-working machinery to create textures and strokes, with a color palette determined through means of polishing, burnishing, sanding, grinding, rusting, or heating.”
Paul McAtomney, Landscape Architects Network

Floyd Elzinga received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax, NS. Elzinga has been an artist in residence in both India and Vietnam. At the foot of Everest, he had the unique experience of creating art from collected waste. In Hano, he attended a symposium that attracted sculptors from all over the world to contribute to Southeast Asia’s largest sculpture park. His pinecone sculptures have been featured as part of Toronto’s Scotiabank Nuit Blanche celebration of contemporary art, and his work is held in collections across Ontario and in the US. He lives and works in Niagara, Ontario.