{"title":"Iron Horse Collection","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"motorcycle-1","title":"\"I'm Not Steampunk\"","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'm Not Steampunk\u003c\/em\u003e is a piece with an argument baked into its name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSean gets the comparison constantly. His work uses antique brass, vintage hardware, Victorian-era lamp fittings, exposed mechanical detail. Of course it reads steampunk to people who don't know what they're looking at. But steampunk is a design choice. Random Brass is a constraint. Sean doesn't build these pieces to look a certain way — he builds them with what lamp parts allow, and what lamp parts allow is what you see here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is the piece that started the motorcycle collection. Sean built it in about 18 hours — the fastest he's ever finished a piece, start to finish — and by the time it was done, he already had three more motorcycles taking shape in his head. The spiraled handlebar scrollwork, the polished brass tank, the wheels, the headlamp assembly at the front. All lamp parts, all antique, all assembled without solder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThat last part matters: choosing not to solder makes every joint a fit problem. Every piece has to sit exactly where it belongs, held by the geometry of the parts themselves. Soldering would have made the build easier. Sean doesn't build easier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIt's also the first Random Brass piece that exists first as a sculpture and second as a lamp. Everything before this was a functional light source that happened to look like something. \u003cem\u003eI'm Not Steampunk\u003c\/em\u003e is the other way around — the sculpture is the point. The light is the bonus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIt's one of Sean's favorites. He doesn't say that about many of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHand-carved reclaimed wood base with live bark edge. Fully functional lamp. One of a kind, like everything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe reclaimed wood base of this piece was sourced from Natural Kinships, a small family-owned mill in Bend, Oregon. The family — a father and two sons — fell trees themselves, mill them at their own shop, and turn them into countertops, tabletops, and live-edge slabs. Sean has worked with them for years; over time, they began setting aside cuts specifically suited to his work. Every Natural Kinships base carries a piece of that story.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Random Brass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53302049243450,"sku":null,"price":4200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/0598\/0218\/files\/Motorcycle_1.1.jpg?v=1775855306"},{"product_id":"motorcycle-2","title":"\"CC Thru\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSean's former boss — who owns See See Motor Coffee in Portland, the Burnside shop that sits at the center of the city's motorcycle community — got him a vending slot at the One Moto Show, the annual event held under the Ross Island Bridge. Sean said yes before thinking through the obvious problem: he needed a motorcycle piece to bring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHe wanted to build one in glass. He went on Facebook Marketplace and found a $50 box of antique lamp parts two hours away, sitting in a trailer behind a 7-Eleven. He drove out, bought the box, and came home. Three days later, \u003cem\u003eCC Thru\u003c\/em\u003e was finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe name carries three meanings at once. \u003cem\u003eCC\u003c\/em\u003e as in engine displacement, the unit used to measure motorcycle power. \u003cem\u003eSee thru\u003c\/em\u003e for the cut-glass body and crystal wheels that make the piece transparent where motorcycles are usually opaque. And \u003cem\u003eSee See\u003c\/em\u003e, for the coffee shop and the boss who put Sean in front of a motorcycle audience in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAntique glass and brass lamp parts. Hand-carved reclaimed wood base with charred edge. No welding, no bending, no solder. Fully functional as a lamp. One of a kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe reclaimed wood base of this piece was sourced from Custom Cut Remodeling, a local woodworking shop in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Every Random Brass base is hand-carved by Sean from reclaimed material — wood that already had a life before it became part of a sculpture.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random Brass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53302053044538,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"motorcycle-3","title":"\"Chopping Block\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eChopping Block\u003c\/em\u003e is the third entry in the Random Brass motorcycle collection — and it goes harder than the first two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWhere \u003cem\u003eI'm Not Steampunk\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCC Thru\u003c\/em\u003e lean Victorian-brass and ornate, \u003cem\u003eChopping Block\u003c\/em\u003e takes a different direction entirely. Chrome and polished steel replace brass as the primary finish. The silhouette is unmistakably chopper: extended front fork, raked-out front wheel, low stance, aggressive proportions. Built for distance, built for road, built to look fast even sitting still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA small amber filament bulb sits at the headlight position and serves as the functional light source. Curved handlebars, blacked-out wheels with chrome hubs, and a brass-trimmed engine block bring the piece together visually.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe base is hand-carved reclaimed wood — raw-edged, rough-cut, the kind of slab that grounds a chrome-heavy piece without competing with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAll antique lamp parts, natural finishes throughout. Hand-carved reclaimed wood base. 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