35 Cool Metalworking Pictures From Skilled Artisans Who Can Sew Together Metal With Fire

There’s something wildly impressive about people who can basically sew metal together with fire. Every time I see a master welder at work, turning raw steel into something beautiful, functional, or both, I have the same thought: “I should learn how to do that.”

And then I remember I barely have the patience to assemble IKEA furniture without needing a snack break.

I’ve always wanted to get into metalworking. The sparks, the precision, the whole “forge your own destiny” vibe of it all. But it takes time, focus, and a level of dedication I deeply respect from a safe distance.

These cool metalworking pictures showcase artisans who absolutely know what they’re doing. Here’s some next-level craftsmanship forged in fire.

1. Wire Girl

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2. Gorilla

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3. Hello! I Spent The Past 2 Days Making A Metal Breastplate For A Cosplay Of Sansa From Game Of Thrones. Hope You Like

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4. Your Typical 55ft Replica Of Drogon

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5. I Wanna Share This Vulture Sculpture That I Welded Together With Some Broken Typewriters And Scrap Metal

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6. She Didn’t Want A Boring Gate And Wanted The Dogs To Be Able To Look Out

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7. My Half-Meter Wire Tree On A Glass Crystal

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8. Infinity Cube With Glass Top

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9. Stainless Steel Laser Cut Nautilus, By Wim Delvoye

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10. Recent Mailbox Project

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11. All Metal T-Rex Skeleton I Finished A Few Months Back. Over 500 Hours Sunk Into This Bad Boy, But It Made For A Quarantine Project

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12. My Polygonal Shapes Made Of 1.5 Mm Sheet Metal

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13. I Made The Mandalorian Mask Out Of A Cap Nut

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14. Forest Animals Made Of Metal

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15. My First Metal Rose, Its For A Girl I Like (My Neighbor)

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16. Just Finished This Gate

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17. Scrap Bin Chicken

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18. Made This Raven Using And Old Typewriter

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19. A Little Hand Forged Isopod I Just Finished Up. I’m Quite Pleased With Him

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20. I Made This Elvish Lantern As Graduation Project For My Apprenticeship In Creative Metalwork (Swipe For Lots Of Wip Pictures). Cast Bronze Body, Forged Steel Hanger. Enjoy

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21. Got This Diver Done Today

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22. My First Job In Metal, I Tried To Make The Wolf’s Head

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23. My Scratch Built Aluminum Roadster Pickup

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24. My “Havasu Dancer” Stands 6’ Tall And Is Made From Steel And Stone

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25. My Chess Set

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26. Another Sculpture Post

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27. My 6’ Long Dragon Made Of Steel, Stone, And Glass

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28. Gift For A Co-Worker Who’s Leaving The Shop To Pursue Her Passion For Architecture. My Partner And I Spent 4 Sleepless Nights On This. Some Very Finicky Brass Work On This One, Folks…

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29. A Foraging Mini Scythe I Made For My Wife

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30. Monopoly Man Finished

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31. Lord Of The Rings Shadow Of War Inspired Hammer I Made

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32. My “Majestic Moose” Made From Nickel Plated Street And Mexican Beach Rock

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33. Just Sharing This Horse Head That I Made Using Scrap Metal

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34. ‘No Escape’ – One Of My Proudest Builds

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35. It’s My First But I Wanna Make More. 350 Hours Of Work, Made Of Brass, Steel, Copper And Glass. Most Parts Are Selfmade. One Regular Leg Is Made Of 30 Parts

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