JOANNE GUTHRIE
Forging New Life From Forgotten Materials
Contemporary sculpture and mixed-media art created from reclaimed industrial and natural materials.
My Practice
My work moves beyond individual pieces and into collections and exhibitions that explore our relationship with materials, consumption, and the natural world.
As a journeyman welder, I developed a close relationship with industrial materials, how they’re made, used, and eventually left behind. That experience continues to shape everything I create.
I work with salvaged metal, handmade paper, natural pigments, found objects, and other reclaimed materials, along with what can be gathered or foraged. I’m drawn to what already exists around us, the overlooked, the discarded, and the natural, and how these materials can be transformed through making.
Through this process, I explore balance, renewal, and a more thoughtful way of creating within the world we live in.
Explore the Collections
Each body of work explores transformation, material history, and the relationship between industry and nature.
In the Studio
Current work is always in motion, shifting between materials, ideas, and processes. These projects are not fixed outcomes, but evolving investigations into how things take shape.
Occupying Space
Reclaimed Threads
A Social Affair
Each one grows through making, testing, and returning to the studio table where material, intuition, and process meet.
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Custom Sculpture & Commissioned Artwork
Every commission begins with a conversation.
I create original sculptures and mixed-media artworks that respond to specific places, ideas, and stories, transforming materials into meaningful and lasting works of art.
Whether you're considering a private commission, public artwork, or site-specific installation, I'd love to hear from you.
