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Iron Monkeys

Seattle, Washington, United States

Iron Monkeys is a Seattle metalworking collective founded in 2006. Its practice develops forged industrial steel into ornamental forms and gathering spaces, often incorporating fire, seating and opportunities for people to interact. Tree Spire began as four fifteen-foot steel trees for Burning Man’s 2007 Man Grove. The collective’s account separately identifies a Rainier Vista installation in Seattle in 2008 and a park installation in Reno in 2009; these are individual siting references, not one tree continuously occupying every location. The Glimmer project description presents a crown-shaped enclosure of steel branches, translucent gems, resin flowers and light, with benches and fire elements inside. Listed for 2024, its construction and operating descriptions include future tense, so they are retained as a design account rather than proof of a current completed installation.

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Practice
metal sculpture, blacksmithing, fire art, participatory installation
Based in
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Iron Monkeys is based in Seattle, Washington, United States. Documented disciplines include metal sculpture, blacksmithing, fire art, participatory installation.

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