Eco-Art Creative Metal Recycling

I am a metal sculptor working in the medium of found art. Found art is created by taking an object that already exists and turning it into art. I use recycled metals and weld them together to create familiar and abstract objects. One goal I have when designing pieces is retaining the shape of the found object, keeping it recognizable. The recycled metals I use vary from old farm equipment to discarded tools, auto parts to play equipment, cutlery to industrial scrap. Basically, if it can be welded, I can use it. Each piece of my work is unique, created one-at-a-time, and every work is signed and numbered.

Tim Pace works on a piece in his studio.

Eco-Art Creative Metal Recycling began in 1995 with the gift of a welder, an excess of scrap metal and the request for a unique gift. The result was a three-foot tall sculpture of a golfer to go in a garden. Simple pieces such as dogs and frogs followed. Today, pieces range in height from works that fit on a tabletop to eight-foot-tall sculptures and include an assortment of people, animals, flowers, insects and abstracts, to name just a few. I have no formal art training and was an electrician by trade before deciding to pursue my art fulltime in 1998.

I am a member of the following organizations:

Tennessee Association of Crafts Artists
Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi
Tennessee Valley Art Association

Tim and his artwork were highlighted on episode 2112 of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads in September 2007.