Oglivie, MN
2021 Booth #69
I make hand welded designs on thin gauge stainless steel sheet. Every piece is cut, polished, prepared, drawn, and welded by hand, by me. I use very precise welding techniques and heat control to allow oxidation to create a variety of colors as a result of the welding process. Although this material is as unforgiving as it is challenging, the result is worth the effort, and my knowledge and skills continuously evolve and improve through every piece that I make.
Decatur, IL
© Darren Miller
2020 Booth
My work engages contemplations of the dance. The interconnected and spacial working together to form a symbiotic whole. Juxtaposing intractable metal with fluidity of motion.
Cheryl Shohet Designs
Waconia, MN
2019 Booth #31
© Cheryl Shohet
I am a full time studio artist. I create small sculpture and jewelry in nonferrous metals complimented by various materials including: gems and minerals, wood, enamel and paint. I utilize various techniques available to me including: fabrication, lost wax casting, etching, electroforming, anodizing and painting, I approach each piece as art first irregardless of function. No two are alike and no duplications are ever present in my inventory.
Last year I received honors at Edina and Powderhorn. I have been fortunate to both participate and jury many shows over the years.
I have previously opened two art galleries and have both a BFA in Painting and MFA in Metalsmithing. I attended the University of Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago and both attended and taught at Northern Illinois University.
The Handmade Group Inc.
Brooklyn NY
© Bruce Holmberg
2019 Booth #109
Fine Art and crafting skills are utilized when mating metal sheets, cut & folded origami style, acrylic paints, resin and found objects to create these unique works of art.
© Jonathan Rose
I am a 2nd gen. metal worker and life-long musician creating melodic steel tongue drums from old propane tanks. They are transformed into sound sculptures by cutting and welding the ends into a saucer-like disk. Tongues are hand cut to precise sizes to make notes of scales. Finishes range from preserving the rustic and weathered patina to polished iridescent heat treatments. Many pieces highlight the beauty of imperfection with encouraging messages on dents. Easily played interactive sculpture.
Fort Calhoun, NE
2018 booth #67C/D
Copper manipulated with different chemical reactions, heats to pull out colors naturally and grind strokes to bring back lustrous copper colors in painting form and 3-d outdoor sculpture as well.
© Adam Weiss
Minneapolis, MN
2020 Booth
My motto is Re-use and Amuse! I create whimsical characters out of scrap metal, found objects, old tools, and kitchenware using the oxyacetylene method of welding at the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center in Minneapolis. I enjoy hunting high and low to find “gems” at local scrap dealers, estate sales, friends’ castoffs, and truly found objects. My whimsical sculptures are friendly to the environment, unique, and generate smiles. I often laugh out loud while creating them. My goal is to share the fun and whimsy with others through my art.
In 2017 Butter Café of South Minneapolis commissioned a 4’x4’ butterfly sculpture. In 2016 I was interviewed by a local TV station www.fox9.com titled Artist Gives New Life To Scrap Metal. In 2014 and 2018 I won second place at the Minnesota State Fair Creative Activities Competition – Metal.
© Sherrie Stockton
Ron Originals
Tequesta, FL
© Ron Schmidt
2017 booth # 69
Wall and lawn pieces created from common cut steel nails with copper and brass added.
© Crysten Nesseth
Red Cedar Artists
Cameron, WI
2017 booth # 46
My art is created from industrial recycled scrap metal. Out of the cold, hard, and raw medium of steel, I create warm, whimsical characters that inspire imagination for people’s homes and gardens.
Metal Art By Cherie
Ann Arbor, MI
2023 Booth # 16A/B
Intricately cut and roller formed aluminum Tig welded to create "abstract shape accumulations" that hover with dimension over a background of patinated copper, enameled steel using a sqraffito technique and also leather. The elements are all tied together with my hand fabricated Tig welded frames.
© Cherie Haney
Graham Metal Art
Hardy, AR
© Robert Giles
2017 booth # 32B
Vibrant colors and whimiscal shapes are combined to create our work. Each piece is hand crafted. Drawn out onto sheet metal, hand cut with a plasma, shaped, welded, hand painted with enamels, and clear coated. Our designs can be displayed indoors or outdoors.
Hesperia, MI
2023 Booth #JC
Our pieces are all designed from copper. Soft and rigid copper tubing is hand shaped to create stationary and orbital (spinning) sprinklers. Various pieces of copper, along with brass fittings are soldered together and holes are drilled to create different water patterns. Stainless steel balls, copper spirals, or hand cut copper figures are added to create a unique piece of functional art. We also create kinetic wind sculptures using the same processes as used above. These pieces are powered by wind rather than water.
© James Cook