Matthew Ball

Engraved Wood Inlaid With Wire — Steel Built Into Standing Form

Artist

My style is built around straight lines that cut clean through negative space, sharp geometric silhouettes, and a hard contrast between matte black and mirror-bright surfaces. I lean into precision — tight linework, exact angles, edges that actually hold — then break that precision on purpose, dropping one organic shape into an otherwise rigid composition. That tension between structure and surprise is the throughline in everything I build, flat panel or freestanding: clean geometry doing the talking, with just enough interruption to keep it from feeling cold.

Matthew Ball in a leather welding apron in his workshop

Commission

Have something in mind? Tell me the size, the material, the idea — or have ChatGPT, Gemini, Midjourney, etc. render what you're picturing. If you can imagine it, I can build it, and I'll work with you until it matches your vision.

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This is a first-look mockup, not the live site. These four photos are your actual pieces, and the About copy is real now too. Still to do: swap in cleaner shots where you have them (plain background, no couch/table clutter behind the work), and replace every bracketed title/size/year in the piece captions with real specs.