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Sammy "Grilo"
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Grilo means cricket or grasshopper in Portuguese. It is the name given to me by my family in Brasil. It seemed all too fitting when I began my apprenticeships. "You have much to learn grasshopper."
I began working with metal in auto body class in the former auto department at Santa Monica College. From the first moment that the flame began to melt the steel, I fell in love with metalwork. From there, luck and I guess, my personality, led me to the custom knife, jewelry and motorcycle worlds. I have been lucky enough to meet and be taught by some of the most knowlegeable and skilled people in their industry. My time with Master Smith, Scott Taylor(RIP), was where I became dedicated to the art. Unfortunately, Scott died before our time together was done. With so much more to learn and experience, his widow and friends have taken over and have helped me continue my training giving me a place to stay and a shop with all my old master's tools. In the motorcycle industry, Master Builder and buisness man, Gard Hollinger of LA County Choprods, set me under his wing and lets me work and learn out of his shop as well. Soon enough, I had realized that I am not a knife maker, not a jeweler, not a custom bike builder, but a general metalsmith. I have never been able or willing to focus my efforts on one aspect of metal working and all my teachers laugh and shake their heads at me. This will either be my demise, or my success. Time will tell... In the mean time, I'm having a blast!

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  • Current Residence: Los Angeles gutter
  • Favourite movie: Willow, Point Break, The Never Ending Story
  • Favourite band or musician: Too many
  • Favourite genre of music: Punk, Reggea and everything in between
  • Favourite artist: Dr. Sues, Tim Burton
  • Favourite poet or writer: J.R. Tolken
  • Personal Quote: "Not all who wonder are lost" -J.R. Tolken
  • Tools of the Trade: lefty and righty

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*sicksilver Nov 10, 2009, 7:48:16 PM
thanx for the visit.SS
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~metaltamer Nov 11, 2009, 8:13:12 AM
No worries broda. Man you're magical...how'd you know? Gotta be a "premium" member huh?;)

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~metaltamer Apr 17, 2009, 1:10:55 PM
Thanks.

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`Kitten-of-Woe Feb 12, 2009, 1:04:31 PM
I have included you in my Valentine's Day feature news article. Please :+fav: it so that more people will see the wonderful art created by you and all the other featured artists. :thanks: :heart:

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`Kitten-of-Woe Jan 6, 2009, 7:19:15 AM
I have included you in my feature news article The Colors of Winter: Champagne and Ice. Please :+favlove: the article if you like it so that more people will see this wonderful art made by you and the other artists. :thanks:

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~metaltamer Jan 6, 2009, 3:03:14 PM
Thank you very much for the feature!:)

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`Kitten-of-Woe Jan 7, 2009, 5:20:54 AM
You are very welcome and it was a pleasure to include your rose earrings! :iconbwavoplz:

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*CosmicFolklore Dec 8, 2008, 5:34:23 PM
The new stuff looks great.
I bet you'll do very well in this shopping season. Everyone here is taking the economy seriously, so sales have dropped for me. I am actually having to do custom orders, which makes me crazy. I hate deadlines and folks wanting me to do things that they can come back later and say isn't right.
Arrrg. As soon as I get a boat and a parrot, I'm outa here ;)

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