| Artist Jon Watson came into his metalwork | | | | of course, a natural compound that can handle your |
| profession as a result of collaborating his love of | | | | weather year-round with little maintenance. |
| metal sculpture and the natural, organic world of | | | | But metal gardens, Jon? Yup. Because he really likes |
| plants and gardens. | | | | the look of metal sculpture. And it works. Jon's art is |
| That's because decades of sitting at a desk in front | | | | sold all over the U.S. Think about it: anyone brave |
| of a computer can make you think. About a lot of | | | | enough to walk away from a desk job to make |
| things. Like gardening. Nature. Organic living. About the | | | | metal art can probably do pretty much whatever he |
| overgrown, rich rural plantlife of your childhood in | | | | wants successfully! |
| Georgia, and your current view of mostly-brown | | | | He hand crafts each of his designs in his eclectic |
| Arizona. And think about how your life got to this | | | | collection of metal art. His line of lighting fixtures - |
| point. | | | | from a handmade steel funky lamp to swirling and |
| Makes some folks do crazy things. Like walk away | | | | flaming wall sconces and on to a fabulous upscale |
| from their careers to learn something new - like | | | | table lamp - is truly an enlightening experience in the |
| welding. Artist Jon Watson walked away from 20 | | | | world of natural creativity. You can immediately see |
| years in marketing . . . to learn to weld. He took a | | | | the influence of nature, gardens and plants in each of |
| year off to train under a professional welder, and | | | | his works. |
| then did an unpaid internship with an industrial welding | | | | Jon's home now, out of the office and into his |
| company before finally striking out on his own. | | | | shop-garden. His title isn't corporate anymore, but a |
| Pretty crazy. Jon admits it was really scary - probably | | | | simpler one he's donned himself: the gardener. Just |
| the biggest gamble he ever took. But it worked. Each | | | | think of Jon, happier than he's ever been, puttering |
| of Jon's pieces feels natural, organic, a part of your | | | | around his shop, welding instead of weeding, trimming |
| deepest inner self. And keeping with the gardening | | | | and pruning his steel work before he sets it out for |
| nature theme, all his work is made of welded steel, | | | | you to enjoy. |