There is an extraordinary diversity among the population at American Steel Studios. This island of creativity includes everything from stone carvers, sculptors and painters to costumers and beer-brewers.
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Following is a partial list of the talent that abounds at American Steel Studios.
| ART | |
| Alexandria Volk | costumer and visual artist |
| Andrew Johnstone | murals |
| Anneka Foushee | painting |
| Ardent Heavy Industries | engineering solutions for problems that don’t exist |
| Bridget Jeffrey | clothing and apparel to awaken the imagination |
| Carolynn Haydu | painting, mixed media |
| Dan Good | wood and metal sculpture |
| Dave Johnston | limited and first edition books and stationary |
| David Bownman | patinaed brass metalwork |
| Department of Spontaneous Combustion |
fire art, mobile art and large scale sculptures |
| Dusty Rhino | bringing people together through fire, art, and electronic music |
| Elizabeth Dougherty | mixed media sculpture |
| Fire Arts Collective | fire dancers, stilters, jugglers and performers |
| Flux Foundation | large scale sculpture |
| Fortune Sitole | mixed media painting |
| The Front Porch | eclectic mobile performance stage |
| Henry Riekena | painter, Professor at AAU |
| Jane Elliott | robots |
| Jann Nunn | mixed media sculpture |
| Jay Musler | glass art |
| Joel Key | mural ink painting |
| Karen Cusolito | metal sculpture |
| Kevin Byall | mixed media sculpture |
| Kevin Carter | multi-media art and home furnishings |
| Kitty Gordon | stone carving, mixed-media sculpture |
| Kyle Milligan | plating and metal casting |
| Matt Fisher | painting and sculpture |
| Mia Jaeggli | 2D mixed media |
| Momoko Sudo | painting |
| Orion Fredericks | metal sculpture |
| Rachel Arends | silversmithing, painting and illustrating |
| Rebecca Peters | letterpress and intaglio printing |
| Ryon Gesink | metal sculpture |
| Stephanie Kohl | mixed media painting |
| Stephen Bruce | patinated copper |
| Vau de Vire | production and entertainment services |
| Wayne Sutton | metal art; non-ferrous metals |
| Zac Coffin | large scale interactive sculpture |
| INNOVATION | |
| Anarchitectural | construction and materials reuse |
| Artifact | artistic furnishings and custom design |
| Brown Dirt Cowboys | home furnishings and custom furniture design |
| Built from Salvage | residential furnishings and commercial fixtures |
| Douglas Smith | telescope making, craft brewing |
| Ecohaul | socially and environmentally responsible waste removal |
| Flipside Furnishings | furniture and art from re-purposed materials |
| Growers Secret | organic fertilizer in bio-packaging |
| Jeff McCoy | green building, one-of-a-kind tiny houses |
| Leslie Pritchett | public art consulting |
| My Own Harvest | urban micro-farm solutions |
| Lighting on Demand | tesla coils and the world’s largest lightning generator |
| PLD Studios | innovative products for mounting flat-panel televisions |
| Wholly h2o | water re-use management |
| INDUSTRY | |
| 5 Elements Design | stone landscapes and carving |
| Adam Arrington | woodworking, metal fabrication, remodeling, restoration |
| Artisan Stoneworks | custom stone kitchen and bath stone work |
| Bike Parking | custom and production bicycle parking structures |
| Brundo Culinary Studio | importers of spices and herbs |
| Chambers Art and Design | licensed art and fabrication company |
| D R Construction | general contractor for residential construction and development |
| Groundation Foundation | “restoring habitat from the ground up, and the sky down” |
| Hearth | from small home improvements to ground-up remodels |
| Infinity Pipe Bending | large diameter pipe bending |
| Line 51 Brewing | special hand-crafted beer |
| Little Joe’s Fabrication | architectural and artistic structural fabrication |
| Little Red Hen Enterprises | auto repair, machining and mechanical design |
| Mestizo Construction | residential rehabilitation |
| Rebecca Peters Press | letterpress printing |
| Suite Treatments | event planning, stage set and design |
| TC Steel | structural steel fabrication |
| Tie Dyed Crystal Rainbow Catering | catering for unusual events and projects |