Handcrafted metal artwork created in Maine from reclaimed materials, hand-cut, welded, and finished in our Clifton studio, giving salvaged metal a second life as art.
Being a scrap addict since I was a kid and creating from that which has been thrown away, Scrap Addict Art has come to life.
Creating out of a small studio in Clifton, Maine, the artist hunts down forgotten steel and copper, propane tanks, saw blades, chain, worn machine parts, and gives it a second life. Every design starts as a hand-drawn sketch, then hours at the plasma cutter and welding table before a single spark of finish work.
The obsession is honest craftsmanship: no shortcuts, no mass production, and no artificial intelligence in the making. Just a pair of hands, a pile of reclaimed metal, and the patience to coax a dragon, a deer, or a whole forest out of it.
Art that can't be reproduced, made by one set of hands from materials that already had a life. No two pieces are ever the same, and every one carries the marks of where it came from. When you bring home a Scrap Addict Art original, you're getting genuine craftsmanship, a story worth telling, and a piece built to outlast trends and last a lifetime.
Every piece is cut, welded and finished by hand in a small studio in Clifton.
No middlemen and no showroom staff — you talk to the maker from first sketch to delivery.
Structural welds and durable finishes, built to be handled, displayed, and to last.
Propane tanks, saw blades, chain and scrap steel — reclaimed and given a second life.
Rust, patina and mill scale are kept as part of the art whenever the piece allows.
Designed and made entirely by hand. Never machine-generated, never automated.
A rotating selection of originals and made-to-order work, each one hand-built from reclaimed metal.
A winged dragon plasma-cut and welded from salvaged steel, rising on a coiled base with fine detail worked across every scale.
View This PieceA deep steel bowl wrapped in a hand-cut forest and whitetail scene that glows from within, built for high heat and years outdoors.
View This PieceHand-cut from a single salvaged steel disc, its branches bent and welded one at a time with the original patina sealed as part of the finish.
View This PieceFine wire woven by hand into a flexible Viking-knit bangle, worked into a tight, supple weave and finished to hold its shape.
View This PieceA tank-steel lantern carved with a wide grinning face and finished bone-white, glowing warm from within.
View This PieceA round-bodied pig welded from a reclaimed tank with hand-cut wings spread wide, mounted to hover in the garden.
View This PieceDragons, deer, seahorses and the tree of life, freestanding and wall pieces cut from reclaimed steel. Built to command a room, a garden, or an entrance.
Plasma-cut panels, signs and silhouettes for interior and exterior walls, porches and garden fences. Sunflowers, lobsters, name signs and Maine keepsakes, each drawn and cut by hand.
Hand-cut scenes wrap each pit so the firelight throws forests, figures and creatures across your yard. Functional art that gathers people around it.
Retired propane tanks reborn as glowing Scrap-O'lanterns, ghouls and characters. Small-batch seasonal drops, when they're gone, they're gone.
Off-cuts and salvaged copper hand-shaped into earrings, pendants and woven chains. The warm patina of the raw metal is left to speak for itself.
Salvaged tanks and off-cuts snout, ears and curly tails welded on, reborn as charming garden pigs that hold your favorite plants. Equal parts sculpture and planter.
Have an idea? Work directly with the artist from concept to finished piece. Flying pigs, memorials, business signage, garden creatures, if it can be cut and welded, it can be made.
Catch Scrap Addict Art at craft fairs and markets across Maine, or visit the shop in Clifton by appointment.
Years of one-of-a-kind work, from tabletop jewelry to over-life-size sculpture. Hover any piece for details.
Shop what's in the studio now, or start a conversation about a piece made just for you.
