Crafting Unique Custom Metal Art Pieces
Scupltor/welder, mike peery, is a Utah native working out of his studio. At 5 years old after watching a welder work on a bus, peery took to the craft and became a welder by trade. He welded together pieces of his imagination out of scrap metal, car and bicycle parts, fencing, and other bits of machinery. Peery creates his ornamental characters and pieces some adjusting to 8 feet tall. often metal giants that stand over eight feet tall. One being St. Francis of Assisi guarding day and night constructed from pencil rod, weighing over 1400 pounds. Other realistic works Peery has made such as a scaled down Harley Davidson motorcycles, stacked trains, a helicopter complete with a spinning propeller, rockets, a giant dog, appeals to collectors who appreciate the rugged raw, machine look of Peery's work which sometimes have the expression of creatures in motion, most of his work is in private collections around the world. Now after 35 years Mike struggles to weld because of his eyes, he crashed in a motorcycle accident losing one of his legs leaving him unable to work anymore. Although his age as well as his health, he is now designing modern train artwork as well as other pieces to come like merchandise such as coffee cups, T shirts, and metal artworks. Mad Mike is still in the creative game after years of hard work. mike peery
Scupltor/welder, mike peery, is a Utah native working out of his studio. At 5 years old after watching a welder work on a bus, peery took to the craft and became a welder by trade. He welded together pieces of his imagination out of scrap metal, car and bicycle parts, fencing, and other bits of machinery. Peery creates his ornamental characters and pieces some adjusting to 8 feet tall. often metal giants that stand over eight feet tall. One being St. Francis of Assisi guarding day and night constructed from pencil rod, weighing over 1400 pounds. Other realistic works Peery has made such as a scaled down Harley Davidson motorcycles, stacked trains, a helicopter complete with a spinning propeller, rockets, a giant dog, appeals to collectors who appreciate the rugged raw, machine look of Peery's work which sometimes have the expression of creatures in motion, most of his work is in private collections around the world. Now after 35 years Mike struggles to weld because of his eyes, he crashed in a motorcycle accident losing one of his legs leaving him unable to work anymore. Although his age as well as his health, he is now designing modern train artwork as well as other pieces to come like merchandise such as coffee cups, T shirts, and metal artworks. Mad Mike is still in the creative game after years of hard work. mike peery
Craftsmanship in Metal Art
Train Piece sizes45 W X 26'' Tall
This is the black power coated background.
I mike peery an artist, I
have created 9 trains in 40 years that are 3-dimensional, and rolls on a track coming with its own bridge and track including bells, lights, and weighs 1,000 pounds. Now i have gotten older and cant weld anymore so i have recreated these trains in a new design and medium. They are made of 45" x 26" Stainless steel sheeting, 16 gauge folded edges to create a picture frame. and laser cutting to specifications for the train with a brass sheet behind the 9 metal braces to secure the brass sheet in place. I did one with a black powder coated background which is very nice. This process is very expensive as stainless steel is very expensive, computer programming, fabrication, polishing, putting together with hardware to finalize the product, only took 35 years of experience to come up with this design medium you can also pick the backing plexy glass, copper, brass, or powder coatings. These are limited edition pieces, each one is signed and dated by Mike Peery. Ican do up to 9 train styles, or your very own custom image in this medium, we offer endless creative possibilities here at metalmaddness.com
This is the brass backing securing the piece all together.