Steve Tobin Art
American, b. 1957
Steve Tobin is an American sculptor best known for his beyond monumental sculptures of Roots in steel or cast bronze. Trained in mathematics, Tobin has always pushed the physical boundaries of the sculptural materials he chose to work with: he made blown glass pieces too tall to stand (but they finally stood); he created 40’ tall glass waterfalls; he made his huge clay sculptures explode, revealing geode-like brightly colored glass inside.
And again and again, he went back to nature for inspiration, to take molds of giant termite hills in Ghana, cast into bronze sculptures as high as 20’, or of the forest floors to make his Earth Bronzes. Tobin's monumental Steelroots, using large industrial steel pipes with painstakingly welded joints, explore the archetypal relationship between humans and nature. More recently, Tobin has created a series of highly reflective stainless steel clouds, bringing the sky down to earth, and a series of bird nests in many sizes, from miniature to monumental, in cast bronze twigs or welded steel, that hold precious eggs in stainless steel or bronze: the beginning of life.to
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Bronze Nest (dark magenta patina with dozen eggs) by Steve Tobin
By Steve Tobin
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
This delicate cast bronze twig NEST with a bright magenta patina (with some of the bronze left raw) holds a dozen brushed steel eggs for a lovely contrast. This sculpture makes a lovely table centerpiece!
"The bronze NESTS...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Steve Tobin Art
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Bronze
Bronze Nest
By Steve Tobin
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
This cast bronze twig NEST with a bright blue patina (with some of the bronze left raw) holds three highly polished bronze eggs.
"The bronze NESTS are ano...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Steve Tobin Art
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Bronze
Steve Tobin Cast Bronze Shoe Sculpture with Onions, 1980s
By Steve Tobin
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Steve Tobin (b. 1957) is an American sculptor who works primarily in bronze, steel, clay and glass. This whimsical cast bronze shoe with onions is from a s...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Steve Tobin Art
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Bronze
Steel Tornado (NEST with one large mirror-polish egg) by Steve Tobin
By Steve Tobin
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
A mirror polished stainless steel egg reflects its environment while the steel "tornado" holds the egg up to create more drama. Beautiful in the garden!
One of a kind and signed by t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Steve Tobin Art
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Steel
Small White Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art
By Steve Tobin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Steve Tobin
3 Part White Roots, 2024
Forged and welded steel, multicoat acrylic paint
20 x 22 x 20 inches
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Steve Tobin (b. 1957, Philadelphia) is a conceptual artist whose aca...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Steve Tobin Art
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Steel
Small Black Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art
By Steve Tobin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Steve Tobin
Black Steelroot #2, 2024
Forged and welded steel, multicoat acrylic paint
23.5 x 31 x 31 inches
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Steve Tobin (b. 1957, Philadelphia) is a conceptual artist whose a...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Steve Tobin Art
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Steel
Small Red Modernist Tree Root Sculpture in Welded Steel, Abstract Art
By Steve Tobin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Steve Tobin
Red Dancing Root, 2024
Forged and welded steel, multicoat acrylic paint
17 x 16 x 16 inches
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Steve Tobin (b. 1957, Philadelphia) is a conceptual artist whose acade...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Steve Tobin Art
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Steel
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