INDIO METAL ARTS

Shelly Durica-Laiche created Indio Metal Arts in 2012. She's a welder that designs and builds both decorative and functional steel objects. Shelly has a double major from Portland State University in Sculpture and Graphic Design. She uses as much salvaged material as possible in her work which she collects from steel yards around the state, the side of the road, through her travels or by donation. Scrap metal has an imbedded history and character that folds into each design. She's inspired by the unique shapes of all her found treasures. Sometimes she knows right away what she wants to build with them while other times it takes years on contemplation. She's driven by the design challenge of transforming known objects into ones with a new voice. She then delights in how the assemblages become one of a kind sculpture.

Based in Portland, OR.
Commissions welcome.
Contact through website for inquires.

www.indiometalarts.com
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