Welcome to Fred Levine Metal Works
About
Back in my 20's, I landed a job as a metal grinder in a sheet metal shop in Worcester, MA. Soon after, I started doing fabrication work where I assembled utility metal structures. Cutting, bending, grinding, and tack welding were all part of this process. Well, I was layed off 6 months later and ultimately became a software developer. During my brief tenure in the shop, I came to love the process of metal fabrication and the sense of "permanence" that metal evokes.
It wasn't until several decades later that I got back into metal working. My good friend and metal artist, Kimberli Matin, was teaching a metalworking for artists class at a local community college's metal shop. I took this class and was introduced to many cool metal working tricks that enabled me to think and build in a new way, thanks to Kimberli.
Over the years I have studied the work of Sir Anthony Caro, one of the great sculptors of the 20th century who forged a style of abstract sculpture that utilizes scrap metal objects. He is a continual source of inspiration.
My basic metal working tools consist of a gas-fed (MIG) wire welder, a hand-held plasma torch, a bench grinder, and different sized hand-held grinders.
It wasn't until several decades later that I got back into metal working. My good friend and metal artist, Kimberli Matin, was teaching a metalworking for artists class at a local community college's metal shop. I took this class and was introduced to many cool metal working tricks that enabled me to think and build in a new way, thanks to Kimberli.
Over the years I have studied the work of Sir Anthony Caro, one of the great sculptors of the 20th century who forged a style of abstract sculpture that utilizes scrap metal objects. He is a continual source of inspiration.
My basic metal working tools consist of a gas-fed (MIG) wire welder, a hand-held plasma torch, a bench grinder, and different sized hand-held grinders.
