INDUSTRYELLE

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INDUSTRYELLE

INDUSTRYelle represents a dichotomy that ranges from organic flowing forms rendered through ancient craft techniques to precise fabrication through the adept use of modern technology.

Our body of work ranges in scope from private commissions to public installations. We often include recycled industrial elements and visible welds, hammer marks and temper color patinas created in the process of fabrication.

BIO

Heather Doyle

Heather Doyle has been inspired by fire as a creative and empowering tool since her first industrial arts class in high school. She has worked in industry as a welder, fabricator and product designer. She is a founder and now serves as Artistic director of a non-profit Arts organization called the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center (CAFAC) which is dedicated to art forms produced by heat, spark and flame. She became a fire arts educator in 2006 through development of a sculptural welding and blacksmithing program at MCTC and continues her work as educator and mentor through CAFAC in sculptural welding, blacksmithing, enameling and public art. She served on the Minneapolis Arts Commission for four years and continues to contribute to the creative sector through educational partnerships, sculpture fabrications, selection panels for arts organizations and mentorship.

Denise 'Seven' Bailey

Denise “Seven” Bailey is a certified welder, welding inspector, and educator with 15 years of experience in welding and metal fabrication. She brings a broad-spectrum of skill to balance and compliment her partnership with Heather. As creative and inquisitive as efficient and precise, she has fabricated everything from high-volume shop orders, to projects for NASA, to large scale art installations throughout the Twin Cities such as Nimbus. Bailey is currently the Senior Welding Instructor at Dunwoody College of Technology, showing that she’s just as proficient without a torch in hand. On campus Bailey has a reputation for being professional while extremely personable. .

Throughout her career she has been passionate about giving back to community and in 2016 received the Building Community Award. Bailey has been supporting women and minorities through mentoring like her role as a FabFem with TPS SciGirls. She often speaks at local high schools as well as colleges about the importance of women in STEM careers and non-traditional roles, addressing race and LGBTQ issues. Her public speaking even took her to the capitol to testify for the Women of Color Opportunities Act.

Credentials:
Certified Welder-AWS
Certified Welding Inspector-AWS
Certified Welding Educator-AWS