Sculpture & Printmaking

Julie Slattery is a sculpture artist based in Asheville, North Carolina. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a concentration in sculpture from Alfred University (Alfred, New York). After graduating, Slattery moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico to pursue her sculpture career, where she worked in several bronze casting foundries including working as a metal chaser at the world famous Shidoni Bronze Foundry (Tesuque, NM). Slattery has exhibited her work across the country including Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum in Solsberry, Indiana and most recently exhibited work at the Caldwell Arts Annual Sculpture Celebration Show where she received the First Place Award for her sculpture “Don’t Tell Me To Get A Grip”.

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Sculpture & Printmaking

Paul Watson is a sculptor and print maker from North Reading, MA and is currently located in Asheville, NC where he is the co-owner of Molten Made Gallery. Watson received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts with a concentration in sculpture in December 2015 from Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

His work has been in exhibitions nationally included the Steering Committee Exhibition at the National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, AL and in the Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum’s Ongoing Exhibition. Watson has received several awards for his work in the cast iron community including the Erik Johnson Award and he was a member of the Steering committee for NCCCIAP in 2017 and 2019 where he co-organized all of the performances during the conference.

Watson works mainly in cast iron, steel, and concrete. He also creates his own carved woodblock prints. His work explores the concept of humanity through decay and anatomy.

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Black Smithing & Woodworking

Matt Rawlings is a blacksmith and woodworker who lives in Asheville, NC. Self-taught in many aspects of traditional hand-tool woodworking, Rawlings studied blacksmithing with the legendary David Burnette at Haywood Community College to learn the craft of making traditional woodworking tools. Rawlings also makes the charcoal from scrap wood that he uses in his forge, to forge the tools he uses to carve and shape his woodworking projects.

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