“ALL IN” is a one-of-one sculpture of a figure who has already committed. A copper cowboy hat, brass-and-copper glasses, and a brass royal flush sit on a form built from 500 stainless steel cards, each set by hand. The piece is two-sided and lit from within, standing roughly 80 inches on a poker-table base. It was fabricated in Erie, Pennsylvania.

The title is both subject and process. Months of fitting, grinding, and thousands of welds went into a single object that does not exist in multiples. The cards form the surface and structure. Each one was placed individually. The mixed metals—cool stainless, warm copper, brass—read differently as the light changes and as you move around the piece. Internal illumination turns the gaps and edges into part of the form rather than something hidden behind it.

The work grew out of a straightforward idea: the moment a person pushes everything forward and cannot take it back. That moment is familiar at a poker table; it is also familiar in a shop when a large, one-of-a-kind piece is already too far along to abandon. The sculpture holds both. It is not a cartoon of Las Vegas and it is not a generic gambler. It is a figure who never blinked, made permanent in metal by a fourth-generation welder who spent the time required to set every card.

The piece debuted at FABTECH in Las Vegas and is seeking a permanent home—casino, private collection, or other setting where its scale, materials, and internal light can be seen properly.