Joyce, Tom

Formally trained as a blacksmith, artist Tom Joyce is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost practitioners in the field for his early contributions to the art and science of forging iron. Apprenticing as a teenager in the early 1970s, and now working from studios in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Brussels, Belgium on forged sculptures, drawings, photographs, videos and mixed media installations, Joyce continues to examine the environmental, political and historical implications of using iron in his work. Incorporating industrially forged remnants and byproducts of large scale manufacturing, Joyce’s sculptures reference this material’s former life as an indispensable component used by multinational corporations, governmental agencies, and military forces around the world.

Episodes:
Tom Joyce, Kelly Eckel, Virgil Ortiz
Tom Joyce, the Houston Grand Opera, Funk Lab, Terry Welker