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There are 39 articles related to art and sculpture.
Suburban Chicago artist Pamela Olin first picked up a welding torch five months after giving birth to her second child. Sixteen years later Olin still has a welding gun in hand, but now she wants to educate other women on thinking outside the box and considering welding as a hobby or as a career opt...
www.thefabricator.com, 9/25/09
Metal fabricator Kevin Stone uses gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) to sculpt massive pieces of art from stainless steel. Read about Stone’s creative and technical processes and discover important tips that can improve your stainless steel welding.
By: John Luck, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 10/14/08
Imagine growing up thinking you really have no artistic ability and then taking a class that rekindles childhood interests and blows that belief sky high. Such was the case for jewelry-maker Sherry Moser, whose unique and beautiful creations pay homage to her upbringing and her deep love of her surr...
By: Vicki Bell, Web Content Manager - www.thefabricator.com, 10/14/08
Few people are lucky enough to turn their hobbies and passions into a satisfying and lucrative career. Even fewer have the opportunity to create a lasting legacy of historical proportions. One individual working under a canopy at historic Jamestown is doing both. Bravo, Bob Williams.
By: Vicki Bell, Web Content Manager - www.thefabricator.com, 7/15/08
A welder from Bost makes realistic scupltures depicting boats, motorcycles, cars, and planes using discarded junk found in garbage piles, yard sales, flea markets, and dumps.
By: Amanda Carlson, Associate Editor - www.thefabricator.com, 7/10/07
A Tennessee artist and welder uses scrap metal parts to create one-of-a-kind metal sculptures.
By: Amanda Carlson, Associate Editor - www.thefabricator.com, 4/10/07
Recent SCAD graduate David Creamer creates beautiful, unique jewelry, including pieces inspired by objects many might find anything but inspirational. This article discusses Creamer's views on materials and describes the process he used to create a provocative bracelet that represents societal e...
By: Vicki Bell, Web Content Manager - The FABRICATOR®, 4/10/07
With careful planning and proper estimating, fabricating commissioned metal gates and railings can be a lucrative endeavor. This article describes the process for designing, pricing, and creating these unique and often intricate structures based on client preferences. It includes examples of beautif...
By: Dona Z. Meilach, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 8/8/06
Generations ago blacksmiths served long apprenticeships and acquired the knowledge to make their own tools. Today blacksmithing often is pursued by untrained hobbyists who need economical tools. This article is about a seasoned blacksmith who uses his skills to make tools and then markets them using...
By: Bob Nichols, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 6/13/06
The forming and fabricating of the 925-foot BP Pedestrian Bridge located at the east section of Chicago's Millennium Park, and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion is explored.
By: Kate Bachman, STAMPING Journal® Editor - The FABRICATOR®, 5/9/06
Richard Wilson's metal art reflects his appreciation for metal's lesser-known intrinsic qualities. This article explains how Wilson became a welder and metal artist and describes the materials and processes he uses. It details one project from start to finish. It also offers insight into the fu...
By: Vicki Bell, Web Content Manager - www.thefabricator.com, 4/11/06
Being a good welder often means more than on-the-job performance. Whether it's volunteering to help others or otherwise giving back to one's community, these welders are examples of so many who take their time to give of themselves on the job — and outside the office.
By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 9/13/05
Most people are happy just to get their thoughts down on paper. Mike Ingram takes it a step farther, capturing what he sees in his mind in the metal he shapes and welds.
By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 6/14/05
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By: Bob Nichols, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 6/14/05
Almost every artist blacksmith learns to make small animal heads from rods and often hammers petal-like shapes into flowers. But some 'smiths go far beyond these exercises and make items that are so much larger than life that they fall into the category of expressive sculpture.
By: Dona Z. Meilach, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 3/8/05
Editor's Note: The U.S. remembers its armed forces' veterans twice each year— Memorial Day in May and Veterans Day in November. In this article, Marty Rice, a reader-favorite author on thefabricator.com, pays tribute to veterans and describes how one metal sculptor chose to represent an important pa...
By: Marty Rice, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 11/9/04
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By: Bob Nichols, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 9/14/04
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By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 9/14/04
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By: Dona Z. Meilach, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 4/6/04
Metal art takes on many forms, from wall hangings to picture frames to fireplace screens. Just ask Jim Truett, a district sales manager for Miller Electric Mfg. Co. by day and artist in his spare time from his Huntsville, Utah, home.
By: Brian Schmidt, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 2/26/04
Two years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, most people's lives have returned to some degree of normalcy, but what happened on that day will never be forgotten. For one metal sculptor, remembering has become a crusade to create from steel salvaged from the World Trade Center a lasting m...
By: Vicki Bell, Web Content Manager - www.thefabricator.com, 9/10/03
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By: Bob Hollingsworth, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 8/28/03
Fireplace screens don't have to be boring. Fireplace tools don't have to be ordinary. Re-thinking the function of fireplace screens and tools can add a new dimension to these items and attract customers like moths to a flame.
By: Dona Z. Meilach, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 8/28/03
Watching the sparks fly as his dad welded a temperamental posthole digger mesmerized Derek Arnold. “I found the immediacy of something so permanent absolutely fascinating,” he said. “I knew I wanted to weld.”
A hands-on welding education on the family farm drove Arnold to take his skills and creati...
By: Kathleen McLaughlin, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 6/12/03
Those of you who are busy fulfilling commissions for gates, fences, staircases, and the myriad items that keep food on the table might want to look at artwork created by people whose backgrounds are based in the arts. Metalworkers often are so tuned to traditional designs that they are unaware of a ...
By: Dona Z. Meilach, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 5/29/03
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By: Bob Hollingsworth, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 5/15/03
Kevin Robb's sculptures seem to defy gravity, arrest time, encroach space. Each sculpture is a moment freeze-framed; each element seems to be impossibly suspended.
By: Kate Bachman, STAMPING Journal® Editor - www.thefabricator.com, 5/15/03
Near Conway, Mo., alongside Interstate 44, lighted reminders of Christmas greet travelers year-round. Conway is home to the Den of Metal Arts, where owner Richard Kerb; his wife, Judy; their son, Ron; and three employees hand-fabricate and sell metal silhouettes depicting holiday signs, scenes, and ...
By: Vicki Bell, Web Content Manager - www.thefabricator.com, 12/12/02
Quaint hobby or growing craft? Read on and decide.
By: Bob Nichols, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 11/21/02
Welder Bill Capozzoli owns and operates a small specialty fabrication company. He works with architect Phillip Conte to fabricate a memorial made of stainless steel to honor fallen Delaware County, Pa. law enforcement officers.
By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 10/4/02
Metal sculptor Robert Toll's transition from economist to recognized artist has been as startling and fiction-like as is his featured sculpture in the film, "Pulp Fiction." He is most noted for his sinewy, life-size figurative pieces. He uses oxyaceytlene to heat and bend steel rod, then welds the p...
By: Kate Bachman, STAMPING Journal® Editor - www.thefabricator.com, 9/4/02
If a mark of a great work of art is the degree to which it mirrors the artist's personality, then Lee Sido's latest public sculpture might be a masterpiece.
By: Lincoln Brunner, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 7/25/02
Del and Sally Halling started a business together, selling the custom residential iron art they create. Through their process, they found that much marketing and research was needed before they could be successful.
By: Larry Welty, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 7/25/02
Rick Walsh isn't your typical artisan, nor are his works typical welding pieces. But his personal evolution as both an artist and a welder illustrate the innovation and persistence of any successful welding operation.
By: Mike Dorcey, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 7/12/02
John Jackson is a welder in Lacey, Wash. who has started The Spirit of America Foundation with a group of people. He established the foundation so that memorials to honor those who were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 5/30/02
'Junkyard Wars' promotes a positive image for the fabrication and manufacturing environments and has become one of the more popular programs on The Learning Channel. Here's why.
By: Kevin Cole, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 4/15/02
By the time he was 12, John Rubino was on a quest: He wanted to weld sculptures.
By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 1/24/02
Washington artist Dan Klennert and his quest to renew the spirit of old scrap metal in new sculptures is distinctive, to say the least. He welds uses the shielded metal arc welding process and creates dinosaurs, horses, fish, giraffes, and almost anything else he sets his mind on.
By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 8/16/01
Metal artist James Berry constructed a large whale display by making healthy use of Gas Metal Arc Welding. Here's how he did it, and why.
By: Dianna Dearen, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 6/15/01
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