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Featuring the many creative uses of metallic materials in art and architecture.

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Timet Architectural Titanium Portfolio
View the portfolio and photo gallery of titanium in architecture worldwide. Beginning with the spectacular Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Architects throughout the world now realize that metal of choice for architecture in the 21st century is titanium.


Aluminum Exhibits Its Versatility in Art and Life

Two museums have recently recognized aluminum as an artist’s medium. The exhibitions at the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Schneider Museum of Art highlight aluminum’s versatility, with uses ranging from sculpture to dresses, jewelry to jets.

ArtMetal Project
This collaboration of craftspeople from all metal disciplines creates an exciting environment for innovative self-expression and discovery. Founded to document and archive the heritage of various metalworking traditions to prevent the loss of current and ancient metal arts techniques. See the featured artists in the virtual gallery here.

Commercial Metals Scrap Metal Gallery
A collection of metal sculptures created by high school students from the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts for CMC's annual "Scrap Can Be Beautiful" contest.

Guild.com
The online source of the finest artists and their work. The metals gallery features hundreds of works in metal from sculpture and silversmithing to functional metal and furnature.

National Ornamental Metal Museum
NOMM is is the only museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to the exhibition and preservation of fine metalwork. View the current exhibit online.

Bilhenry Gallery
Gallery of monumental and heroic sculptures in steel, iron, aluminum and other materials. The works of over 25 artists are featured in the categories: Heroic, Monumental, Human Scale, Pedestal, Kinetic, Suspended, Fountain, Indoor and Figurative.


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