After graduating, he became a sonar technician in the Navy. When I got out, I wanted to try welding, Parker said. Parker worked at Westinghouse for a year and went to night school at Piedmont Tech, attending a course set up for Westinghouse employees. After working for other companies, Parker went into business for himself in 1983. In 1989 he moved into the house where he now lives and works.
Business is good.
Parker had to squeeze time for an interview around his work making fancy gates and railings in Great Falls. A few samples of his work are on display and for sale at Another Dimension on East Davis Street. These include napkin rings, a snake whose forked tongue serves as a business-card holder, another snake, and a dragon. Parker bought a new anvil and forge a couple of months ago. His objects have only been at Another Dimension for a few weeks, and nothing has sold yet.