The John P Metal Art Blog

These two are examples of pieces I made as holiday gifts for friends and family. Each is hand cut from sheet steel using the Plasma Torch and then either TIG or MIG welded together. Everything has been completely ground by hand to impart interesting and eye catching textures. As you can see, one is […]

This tree measures aprox. 32″w x 33″h and “floats” about 2-3″ from the wall it is mounted on, allowing it to have a nice little shadow where it is hung. It requires only one nail to hang it, and the hanger is centered such that the tree is balanced in a vertical position on the […]

I’ve named my newest collection of metal animals the Plasmites after the plasma cutting process used to create them. Follow along to see closeups of each of the pieces in this collection.

 
This piece of modern, geometric sculpture was essentially a study in several techniques for me. Created out of 2″ x 2″ tubular steel, and standing about 5′ tall, this sculpture was cut and welded together in such a way that there are no visible weld marks. It was designed so that when viewed up close […]

 
Each of the ten roses in this bouquet was hand made using a variety of metalworking processes. The rose petals were initially cut out with an Oxygen /Acetylene torch (blowtorch). Each petal was then welded together utilizing the MIG welding process. The petals were then individually bent by hand into the completed shape. Leaves were […]