Meet the Artist
Shelly Durica-Laiche
SCULPTURE
Shelly Durica-Laiche of Indio Metal Arts is a welder who designs and builds both decorative and functional steel objects. She has a double major from Portland State University in Sculpture and Graphic Design. By taking inspiration from the outside world and turning inwards, Shelly synthesizes her experiences into three dimensions using a linear and bold graphic aesthetic with reclaimed materials.
Shelly designs and builds metal functional and decorative objects for indoors or outdoors, including trellises, furniture, fine art and free standing sculpture. Most of the material is reclaimed steel and other non ferrous scrap metal such as brass, aluminum and copper as she is inspired by the unique shapes of all found treasures. She finds delight in how the assemblages result in one of a kind sculptures and seeks for the viewer to be surprised by how a material is used in an unconventional way, far removed from its past life - that process is magic.