Todd, John

I have a very old and traditional view of art.  I do not try to make some esoteric statement with my engraving.  I am an artist in the archaic sense of the ’smiths and craftsmen – gold, silver, and black smiths, gunsmiths, shipwrights, saddlers, watchmakers, armors, sculptors…  I aim to make tools that function well, are a pleasure to use, experience, touch, behold, and admire.