Girardini Fine Art and Design | Steel Products

Julie and Ken Girardini of Girardini Fine Art and Design create clocks, mirrors, vases, table lamps, beds. sculptural panels, and candlesticks out of hand fabricated steel. Girardini Designs' work is cold finished steel that has been cut, welded, ground and coated with a lacquer finish to protect the surface. Julie and Ken choose to make a living by making what their minds imagine. They are always exploring new finishing techniques, as well as new ways to form their work.

The Girardinis are a husband and wife design team and have been working with metal for the past 18 years. They have had the good fortune to participate in some of the finest juried craft shows over those years. They strongly feel that objects that people interact with daily need to be well designed and functional in addition to being beautiful. Their primary medium is cold finished steel that has been cut, welded, ground and finally coated with a lacquer finish to protect the surface. Julie and Ken are self taught in all aspects of our metal work. They explore daily with different finishing techniques. Grinding, polishing, patination of metals to achieve a light reflective and alluring surface. Ken welds using a TIG welder in addition to a plasma cutter to cut the steel. This is a hand held device that allows for artistic expression. They have fabricated a number of cutting jigs to efficiently use this machine, and also have a variety of saws, sanders and grinders that they use.