Joe Burleigh's endlessly spiraling ants caught the eye of the authors of Lacan and Delezue - A Disjunctive Synthesis, and they asked permission to use it on the cover of a book contrasting the philosophers. The book was published by Edinburgh University Press in November, 2016
A brand new piece of art that can tell time has been donated to the city of Grand Junction and placed at Las Colonias Park by the entrance of the Riverfront Trail. Joe Burleigh was commissioned earlier this year to create the piece as a memorial to his father, Dr. Tom Burleigh who moved to Grand Junction in 1958, bought an apricot orchard on G Road, and spent 25 years working on a sundial.
Roaring Fork Lifestyle recently encouraged Joe Burleigh, who speaks softly but carries a big hammer, to talk about his work and pieces that are familiar to Glenwood Springs and Carbondale residents, inlcuding his stringed and musical sculpture Logarhythm along Carbondale's Main Street and his Iron Crystal Cubic—a loose interpretation of the crystal matrix of iron atoms at room temperature at a roundabout in West Glenwood.
Joe Burleigh was the Winter 2015 Featured Artist. In this edition of Forge Facts he demonstrates how he makes his faux sword blades (the kind that won't cut anybody, but could kill if clubbed over the head with) by squeezing square tube on the diamond until near flat and adding iron pommel and hilt. The article also includes how to make a bird from pipe.
In this edition of Forge Facts, Joe Burleigh demonstrates pipe forging, creating a table leg and iron fish. Several of his works created from pipe are pictured.
"Joe Burleigh is the quiet guy you see at every conference. A man of few words and a lot of good iron work. Introduce your self if you haven’t met him yet, you won’t meet a more congenial smith. This is his story in his own words about how he became a professional Carbondale-area blacksmith."
Joe Burleigh's artwork can be found in the Gallery Without Walls -- the outdoor Lake Oswego gallery. His work MerKaBa Dura can be seen on First Street between A and B Avenues in Portland, Oregon.