This collection features all of my metal flower sculptures, from orchids and sunflowers to magnolias, roses, lotus flowers, daffodils, irises, poppies, and more. Every bloom is handcrafted from stainless steel and colored using only heat from torches. No paints or dyes. The rich purples, vivid blues, warm golds, and bright silvers you see are created entirely by controlling the temperature of the flame on the metal's surface.
Creating metal flowers presents a unique set of challenges that I genuinely enjoy working through. Real flowers are soft, translucent, and organic. Stainless steel is none of those things. So the question becomes: how do you make something rigid and industrial feel delicate and alive? For me, it comes down to the details. Every petal is hand cut and shaped individually. I use my grinders to thin the edges so they catch light the way a real petal would. I layer my heat patinas carefully to create depth, going back and forth between grinding and coloring until the colors have that sense of dimension you see in a real flower.
My orchid sculptures are some of my favorites to create, and orchid wall art is one of my most requested subjects. Orchids have bilateral symmetry similar to the human face, and there are over 25,000 documented species, so there's always a new bloom to study. The challenge with an orchid is getting the stem right. A real orchid stem curves and bends gracefully under the weight of its flowers. Capturing that natural droop in stainless steel took some creative engineering, but the end result is a metal orchid that has the same flowing movement as the real thing.
The sunflowers and large blooms present a different kind of challenge. These are bigger, bolder sculptures where the coloring has to really pop because you're seeing it from across a room. I use the full spectrum of heat patinas on these: deep blues at the center fading out to golds and natural silver at the petal edges.
For the smaller flowers like daffodils, poppies, and daisies, the work is more intimate. My daffodil wall art and poppy wall art pieces are some of the most delicate I create. Every curve and fold has to be right because there's nowhere to hide. A single petal that's slightly off can throw the whole sculpture. I love the precision these smaller metal flower sculptures demand.
Every piece here is made entirely of stainless steel and most are wall hanging. Many are safe to be kept outdoors since stainless steel is naturally weather resistant. They won't rust, chip, or fade. Each one is an original design handcrafted in my studio in Durham, North Carolina.
I hope you enjoy browsing the collection. If you have a favorite flower that you don't see here, I'd love to hear about it. Commissions for custom metal flower sculptures are one of my favorite things to work on.