Nashville Arts Magazine: Hammering copper and silver into works of outstanding beauty


Mr. and Mrs. Ben Caldwell are a family and a business. He is the art part, brandishing his mallet and hammer to create stunning copper utensils—these and many other and varied and beautiful copper works. Ben recently completed an outdoor 8-foot sculpture, a large sunflower mirror, and a project for a national coffee company. She is the business end of the enterprise they named Ben & Lael, Inc. Her name is Lael. On Tuesday last, they put the finishing touches on their new studio of 2,300 square feet just outside Pegram, Tennessee, a stone’s throw from Foggy Bottom canoe rentals and the Harpeth Arts Center and Gallery....Read the Article