Camille has been immersed in art, horticulture, and the craft of blacksmithing virtually her entire life.  She takes pride in having been able to weave these passions together to make a living.  As a child she was a helper and apprentice in her father, Greg Leavitt’s, blacksmith shop, where she learned how to cut leaves out of steel and later hammer them into remarkably lifelike forms which often appear to be growing to the light and turning with the wind.

These leaves and other natural forms find their way into flowing and often whimsical garden gates, sculpture, and a variety of other functional and nonfunctional pieces commissioned for the home and garden.  She and her father created the entrance gates to Mt. Cuba Center which features many realistic interpretations of Mrs. Copeland’s favorite native plants.  Imagine lady slipper orchids, rhododendron and tulip poplar and many others, all hand forged to create a wonderful woodland welcome!
 
Now in her thirties, Camille is a true artist in her own right.  Working alongside her father in a studio they share in Boyertown Pa, she is still bringing steel and copper to life in the forms of trees, flowers and fauna of all kinds.  The majority of her career has been comprised of site-specific commissions. Recently however, she has been finding more time to create one-of-a-kind treasures for sale such as furniture, bird baths, candle holders, trellises and more.

   Hand Wrought Gate             Candleabra               Sculptural Birdbath