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Dan Seneres AKA Splob
If you’ve ever wondered about the pink tiger being pedaled around American Steel but weren’t able to catch up with it, read our interview with it’s operator and creator, Dan Seneres. His mixed-media...
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Zachary Coffin Bends Steel that Bends Your Mind
Zachary Coffin began his art career as a photojournalist for the Fulton County Daily Report, and after moving to New York City, he graduated from the Cooper Union with a BFA in 1993. His thesis...
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Minute to Monumental : Jann Nunn
A creative and powerful sleeper wave, Jann Nunn works quietly and seemingly without the gravity and physics that limit most people. While Jann herself is diminutive in stature, her work is massively...
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Art, Science, and One Dynamic Duo
Sheet Metal Alchemist is a group of artists headed by Sean Cusack. Specializing in medium scale metal work, fire effects, and electronics, their goal is to not only build beautiful works of art, but...
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Paint and Circumstance: Anneka Foushee
Dreamer. Explorer. Wonderer. Painter. These are just some of the words used to describe artistic powerhouse Anneka Foushee. From the tobacco fields to the industrial warehouse, any place is made...
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Keeping a Tradition in the Modern Age: Benjamin Bowles and the Art of Fencing
Benjamin Bowles has turned what was just “something fun to do” in college into an earnest passion that he makes his business: swordmaking for traditional fencing. Contemplative, detail-oriented and...
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Compassionate Change: Sarah Rogers
Sarah Rogers’ lifelong passion for helping animals has evolved into Feral Change, a volunteer organization dedicated to Oakland’s feral and homeless cats. Tucked into a corner of American Steel, Feral...
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Urban Abstraction: The multilayered work of Raymond L. Haywood
AmSteel artist Raymond L. Haywood‘s screenprints and paintings offer a striking mix of graffiti influences: abstract expressionism, graphic design and industrial materials. His complex, multilayered...
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City Glassworks: The Visual Storytelling of Cheryl Derricotte
Cheryl Patrice Derricotte’s multilayered work spans glass, sculpture, writing, works on paper and installation. Identities shaped by home (or homelessness); natural beauty (or disasters), memories of...
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Andrew Johnstone: The Big Picture
An eloquent and impassioned advocate for the transformative power of art, Andrew Johnstone works as a trompe l’oeil muralist, serves on the Alameda arts commission, and runs an art mentorship program...
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Tipping Point Trikes: Joel Fuller, Lane Changer
An impassioned advocate for rethinking urban transportation, Joel Fuller has developed an Ultra-Light Electric Vehicle – the Tipping Point Trike – that combines a cargo bike’s utility with the...
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alGas Biotech: Algae Batteries for the 21st Century!
AmSteel innovator Adam Freeman’s company alGas Biotech focuses on creating alternative energy sources based on the biomechanics of algae. This innovative technology uses the “properties of plants,...
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