“My interest in metal began at 11 years old when my dad taught me to weld with an oxy-acetylene torch. For most of my life, I have fabricated from structural steel (angle iron, box tubing, solid bar, etc.) gates, stairs, and ornamental ironwork. In 2013 I was asked to make some steel salmon for the golf course where I work. It was then I discovered the beauty hidden in cold rolled steel sheets.

My sculptures start with 18 gauge cold rolled sheets. The designs are hand drawn, then hand cut with a plasma torch, textured with various grinding devices, then hammered into shape on a leather sandbag. The coloring is created by different temperatures with a torch. Each piece is unique. No two are the same…”

-Kevin Bligh