Artist's Statement

We are a husband and wife design team and have been working with metal for the past eighteen years. We have had the good fortune to participate in some of the finest juried craft shows over those years. We strongly feel that objects that people interact with daily need to be well designed and functional in addition to being beautiful.

Our primary medium is cold finished steel that has been cut, welded, ground and finally coated with a lacquer finish to protect the surface.

We are self taught in all aspects of our metal work. We explore daily with different finishing techniques. Grinding, polishing, patination of metals to achieve a light reflective and alluring surface. Ken welds using a TIG welder in addition to a plasma cutter to cut the steel. This is a hand held device that allows for artistic expression. We have fabricated a number of cutting jigs to efficiently use this machine. We also have a variety of saws, sanders and grinders that we use.