Steve started metal crafting in Scandinavia in 1990 mainly to create some instrumenst for himself as at that time gongs were hard to find and were very expensive so Steve started hammering various metals cut into discs and within 2 years some of the North’s best musicians were playing on his creations including Paolo Vinaccia. Marilyn Mazur. Auden Kleive and many more.
‘In the early 1990’s I had a dream of a drummer on a mountain playing an otherworldly drums/percussion set and instead of a ride cymbal was a living bronze Dragons wing and he was playing this and it was a magical sound and people were going into trace. It took me some time and experimentation to translate this into a cymbal sculpture and in fact was the prototype for my inventing and pioneering cymbal and gong sculptures in the early 1990’s‘
The late great Paolo Vinaccia played a large collection of Steve Hubback cymbals, gongs and percussion.
Percussion sculpture created in 1999/2000 In the collection of Dame Evelyn Glennie
Spinning Conch 2021
Aegishjalmur Gong Forged Bronze 2017
80 CM Illuminator Gong 2019
21″ Athanor Ride 2015
20″ Celtic Cross Gong 2011
9″ Splash 2013
20″ Metalkymist Ride 2013
Seven Star Metalkymist Gong Sculpture 2018
Marilyn Mazur 2016 with Steve Hubback Spinning conch. Photo by Gorm Valentin
Steve Hubback Cymbals 2013
16″ Crash made for Paolo Vinaccia 2009
Just finished hammering the 1 meter Paolo Vinaccia Ride in Iceland 2004
50 CM Illumintaor made for Peter Fairclough in Iceland 2003
50 CM Very thin one of a kind Flat Ride made for Rabe in Iceland 2003
Giant Gong 2.5 meters. Forged in 1992 in Aarhus for the Amorphus project. The gong was later exhibited at Parkens Anatomi Sculpture Park in Aalborg. The gong arrived damaged as seen in this photo
AKWA Cymbal Sculpture 2001