Joe Haden

Joe Haden is a Houston based artist who loves to use the world as his art store for collecting objects, trash, and scrap materials. By recycling and re-purposing, Haden is able to invoke renewed interest in an object by changing the perception of its usefulness, lifespan, and/or status. Likewise, Haden incorporates Dadaism into some of his work, which is the practice of taking useful everyday items and completely altering their original purpose for a greater beauty, something Haden calls “Making Pretty.”  His freehand cut design imitates a soft filigree lace feel that plays with light and shadow; positive and negative space is a specialty found in his metal work. One of the things Haden loves about art is its ability to transform an idea into physical form.