Art by Medium: Steel

Title: Lantern Column I Year: 1998 - 2014 Medium: Mold blown glass, cast polymer, steel, cast iron Size: 41 3/4" inches Niho Kozuru (髙鶴丹穂) is a Japanese-born mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Kozuru casts and reconfigures molds of her own designs, classical and industrial turned architectural forms in unexpected materials. Using rubber, glass and clay she creates columns with undulating silhouettes. The “Lantern Columns” are a group of 7 towers, ranging from 4 feet to 7 feet tall. They have been shown in various configurations in multiple US States as well as the Fukuoka City Museum in Kyushu, Japan. Kozuru made 60 components by blowing glass into molds of her own designs while at Artists in Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. After traveling the world, the Lantern Columns have been arranged into their final configuration, with a steel armature within and each topped with a vivid cast iron final...

A rectangular, steel outdoor sculpture in black is divided in parts, like a puzzle, the edges polished and reflective. This sculpture Water Writing V3, titled in French as Aquagraphie Variation No 2, is an eight foot work by Quebec artist Philippe Pallafray is an eight foot upright is mirrored in three reflective steel puddle shapes installed at its base. Inspired by the graphic design of river maps...

A multitude of polished mirrors shine as light bounces off them, reflecting the landscape and you. This is Ryan Van Der Hout’s elegant contemporary sculpture called Mirror Mirror. In...

Made in Spain, 2024. A simple form builds a complex one. In our approach, we go from the opposite, representing complex things in simple forms. So, our bear consists of only 9 simple...

A limited edition, yellow powder coated mild steel sculpture on a black steel base. The sculpture is typical to Uwe Pfaff's tongue in cheek approach, depicti...

Sculpture Close to Heart Limited edition of 12 Mediums: old pine, steel, acrylic hand painted, oil CLOSE TO HEART - Collection Working on the series I...

Two striking steel triangles painted in royal blue—in different sizes; their centers cut-out triangles stand beside one another in this new outdoor sculpture by Canadian artist Frase...

Made in Spain, 2024. A simple form builds a complex one. In our approach, we go from the opposite, representing complex things in simple forms. So, our bear consists of only 9 simple...

I grew up in the high mountain desert of Northern New Mexico the son of an artist and an Inventor/engineer. My childhood was filled with amazement and curiosity which I have worked h...

A unique, life size wall mounted steel sculpture made of painted aluminium.

As the sun moves through the sky, the green and purple lenses of Ryan Van Der Hout’s ‘Chromatica’ capture the light and cast colourful shadows. Van Der Hout’s powder-coated steel sculptures were inspired by their work as a professional photographer. This compelling modernist piece features five hand forged black steel poles that fan out from the center and are top and tailed with five disks of framed glass. Their vision was to create pieces infused with light and motion. As a result, the sculpture is best viewed by walking around it. “Effecting something of a kaleidoscopic eye, the sculpture’s lenses interact with sunlight and with each other to combine colours in surprising and delightful ways.” Ryan Van Der Hout An interdisciplinary artist Van...

A wonderful abstract brutalist welded and torch cut steel wall sculpture with many points and a burnished finish, by 20th century California artist Tony Melendy...