Kirsten Kainz

By: Kali Gillette

Not many women take their first job out of art school as a blacksmith, but Kirsten Kainz isn’t just any woman. It wasn’t long before she began sculpting on her own, doing personal commissions and participating in …

Erik ‘Ole’ Nelson

By: Kali Gillette

“Anything you can draw, you can cut.”

Ole Nelson bought his sign shop with 9 months left of college. Twenty years later, it’s a thriving business, which has provided him with the equipment and techniques to create …