Wayne Rossi

My desire to create with my hands along with interest in artistic sculpture came together through cold steel and the heat of a cutting torch.Each art piece is hand-cut with great care and attention to detail using an oxygen and acetylene cutting torch. My desire is to create a piece of art that brings a smile to everyones face for years to come. My work consists of a variety of uniquely regional – Mountain, Native American, Cowboy, and Coastal home & garden furnishings.

Through self-teaching and a collaboration of welding, drawing and art classes, I soon developed a skilled hand to reproduce art work that the native Americans expressed through petroglyphs and pictographs on caves and hillsides of North America. With a cutting torch, thick metal and a welder, I soon discovered the mastery to portray a unique sculpture of various regional art forms.

A collector will immediately recognize each sculptures thick steel, heavy weight and distinctive signature. A sign of a true artisan is manifested in the numerous hand-cuts made into the steel. Vince Herod, President of Balcones Forge, representing Blacksmiths of Central Texas, said the following of a demonstration which was given to his group. I confess I was skeptical that a torch could do the level of work as you demonstrated to us. It seems I had not seen anyone use a torch who truly knew how!

In January of 2001 and 2005, I was invited to display artwork at the Texas State Society’s Black Tie & Boots Ball and Marketplace in Washington, DC. My work is also featured at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum and Texas State Capitol Gift Shops. Many of my pieces have been used in various gallery and publication advertisings in North America and sent to collectors as far away as England and Africa.