Jeff Glode Wise

"Cryptic Voyage" outdoor sculpture

2020

This large-scale suspended sculpture is made from welded and powder-coated steel, repurposed highway reflectors, and a cut-glass sphere. It is pictured here installed outdoors with an optional welded steel stand, but the sculpture can also be suspended from another structure or stand, indoors or outdoors. Watch the short video to see "Philomena Dates a Photon" spinning from the ceiling in an indoor gallery setting! Jeff Glode Wise makes wildly exuberant sculptures. He utilizes such diverse materials as steel, wood, stone, glass, concrete, bronze, and gold -- whichever is the most appropriate for the aesthetic and functional purposes at hand. He then transforms these materials through various techniques and crafts honed for years through his practice of jewelry making: welding, carving, casting, meticulous fitting, plating, etc. Art and the making of objects have defined Jeff Wise...

A playful monumental sculpture by Jeff Glode Wise in welded and powder-coated steel with a cut-glass sphere. Jeff Glode Wise makes wildly exuberant sculptu...

This stunning kinetic sculpture is made of welded, powdercoated, and painted steel in white and gradient shades of metallic pink, spiraling at the top of a tall pole. The colorful top section is counterbalanced by a brake drum and concrete cone that moves inside of a steel cage over an embedded base made of cast iron antique man-hole covers. It catches even the slightest breeze for near-constant movement! Please watch the video to see the incredible wind-powered kinetic in action. Jeff Glode...

Slumped cast glass and found metal tool. One of five pieces from Mary Shaffer's "Tool Wall" series selected for Sonoma Valley Museum of Art's exhibition "Pairings: 16 Artists Creati...

For "Corner Rope," Mary Shaffer twisted beautifully clear hot glass into a thick rope shape. The metal ends attach to opposite walls in any corner, forming a sculpture light bridge t...

This wall-mounted sculpture is from Mary Shaffer's well known "Tool Wall" series, combining slumped glass and a found metal object. "I take lovingly crafted, hand-forged tools - the ...

A unique, medium sized powder coated steel sculpture on a steel base. Once-off, abstracted figurative artwork in pastel shades of pink and blue.

Elegant circular blue steel sculpture. The elements suggest movement and vibration, It also looks as if it might roll, spin, wobble or topple at any moment but, of course, it does no...

This steel sculpture has a grand presence - the elements suggest movement and vibration, the shadows cast by the piece also shift with the light. It also looks as if it might roll, s...

Large abstract contemporary chain sculpture by Houston, TX artist, Matthew Reeves. The sculpture depicts a linked chain sculpture that can be displayed ...

Steel, coated in a glossy candy apple green is hand forged into a delicately detailed bough by Canadian master sculptor Shayne Dark. This wall sculpture, like most of Dark’s work is ...

MATT DEVINE "Anemones #3 (4 pieces)" Steel with Powdercoat (Indoor Only) 17 x 17 x 6 in. Each 17 x 68 x 6 in. Overall *Can be installed on wall or placed on table* Matt Devine is ...