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.

See the artist's work in the store.

---