Derek McDonald.
I am an artist. I am a maker of things.
Derek McDonald Artworks was established in 1997 when I decided to dedicate more time to art. With that decision came the task of building a 900 square foot workshop from the ground up, equipped with special machines and tools. Every artist needs his creative space, and after four years, I finally had mine.
Design is at the center of everything I do. I like to get my hands dirty and put my welding torch to use, and I am proud to provide artisan-quality goods. My artwork is handcrafted and distinguished by clean, hidden welds and painstaking detail.
I am passionate about using recycled material, so I frequent scrap yards for pieces of metal and other nonsense. I like to incorporate motion and texture into my artwork, and I constantly experiment with wood, granite, and concrete. Unique finds get my imagination going, and I love the challenge of what could be crafted from my collection of presumed junk.
Derek McDonald Artworks. Fabulous works here, and a whole lot to see.
I like this art-from-junk concept, and how many different ways there are of doing it! He’s got a really cute millipede in his gallery, along with a host of other wonderful things.
Thank you, by the way, for finding and sharing these artists and their work!
At the street fairs that are regularly scheduled around our area, there are artists that do similar types of work with junk. My wife has that ability to visualize an artistic goal from raw materials. The mind of an artist is so different from the way my mind works. That is a good thing! I can appreciate the works of artists because I am not able to do it. The world would be such a boring place if we all thought and saw things exactly alike.
rq:
I do too, it’s one of my favourite things. People get wildly creative with old metals. Years ago, I saw one of the coolest metal sculptures, at a hospital in the UK. All the old silverware was being replaced, and some employees rescued a fucktonne of flatware from the trash, and made a very large, awesome dragon out of them.
Johnson catman:
As do I. I love artists’ minds, and discovering how they think.
You’re giving me ideas about what to do with my spoon collection. Perhaps it’s time to learn to weld.