Royce
Carlson creates whimsical welded steel sculptures and
architectural oddities using
found objects, recycled materials and new steel. He
creates these things in Prescott, Arizona.
I did a lot of things
on this house designed by Michael Frerking of Living
Systems Sustainable Architecture. I made the railings,
gates, archways and a pergola.
Mailbox
Monument
This monument is
made out of steel with a natural rust finish. It was
designed to mimic the boulders on the site as well as
match a gate I made for this client several years ago.
Voelkel
Railing
This was a fun one.
The client told me I could do whatever I wanted. I used
found steel objects for the infill on the railing
panels.
Tidwell
Fireplace Surround
Another
project for Living Systems, this fireplace surround
design brings images of nature into the house in the
abstract lily pad design on the doors.
Stairway
to Heaven
This spiral
staircase is both a sculpture and a stairway. Each tread
of the stair has a different pattern. The top of the
central post has a spinning element.
Helical
Stair
Curved railing on helical stair. The stair stringer was
covered in layered steel plate to give it an "old
factory" look
Balcony
Railing
Made from solid round rod and square tubing with some
forged steel bits.
Deck
Railing
Steel
infill panels in log railing. made from square tubing
and solid round rod with some hand forged elements
Arched
Double Gate
Hand forged scroll-work,
steel tubing and skeleton plate.
Driveway
Gate
Has
a fossil ammonite attached in the center.
Craftsman
Style Gate
Garden
Gate
Found objects welded into two gate frames.
double
gate
Gate
and Matching Panel
Tall
Entry Gate
Arched top with skeleton
plate infill.
Entry
Gate
Arched top
with skeleton plate
Small
Entry Gate
Solid
Gate
layered
sheet steel and a found-object latch mechanism.
Sign
Arch
Rocks were drilled and mounted within the steel
structure. The painted wooden sign was made by someone
else.
Sign
Arch close up
Spiral
Downspout
functional sculpture catches
water from the roof. Installed and Highlands Center for
Natural History.
Freeform
Stair Railing
made out of 1 1/4-inch rebar and various sizes of solid
round rod.
Highlands
Center for Natural History deck railing.
Entry
Arch with hand blown glass by John Lutes
Deck
Railing
Door
Pulls
Hand
forged
Yavapai
Regional Medical Center decorative panels.
Yavapai
Regional Medical Center decorative panels.