Joe Spear

Joe Spear

Artist Profile

Joe Spear
Growing up in West Philly, Spear attended the University City New School, where his buddy, Hiroshi, introduced him to Japanese folding Art. Later Joe attended the Tyler School of Art, where he began experimenting with Origami created with metals rather than paper. Joe's process utilizes fabrication and casting of metals like Aluminum and Bronze thru the lost wax process. Spear studied under and worked with acclaimed artists such as Winifred Lutz, Jude Tallechet, Joe Tiberino, Melvin Goldfield...

Growing up in West Philly, Spear attended the University City New School, where his buddy, Hiroshi, introduced him to Japanese folding Art. Later Joe attended the Tyler School of Art, where he began experimenting with Origami created with metals rather than paper. Joe's process utilizes fabrication and casting of metals like Aluminum and Bronze thru the lost wax process.

Spear studied under and worked with acclaimed artists such as Winifred Lutz, Jude Tallechet, Joe Tiberino, Melvin Goldfield, Bruce Wolfe, Larry Ludtke, Star York, Estella Loretto, and David Pearson. Meeting Ruth Asawa in San Francisco was an honor, as she was a master Sculptor and the primary pioneer of Metal Origami.

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Latest Offerings

Crane with Folded Wings
JS-50-22
$6,800.00
Origami Dragonfly 2
JS-03-23
$5,200.00
Dismantled Cube
JS-16-22
$9,500.00
Lunar Memory
JS-12-22
$5,600.00
Crane in a Box
JS-01-22
$650.00
Desert Bloom
JS-11-22
$4,200.00
Rattlesnake
JS-20-22
$1,800.00
Patience AP3
JS-03-22
$2,200.00
Cactus Abstracted
JS-15-22
$4,700.00
Koi Pond 2
JS-04-23
$12,500.00
Dancing Fan Wing Cranes 1/45
JS-06-22
$4,200.00
Chain of Cranes 2
JS-01-23
$2,800.00
Leap Into It
JS-14-22
$4,300.00
Assertion 2/45
JS-05-22
$3,900.00
Horned Toad Maquette x 3
JS-19-22
$1,200.00
Stellar
JS-10-22
$3,500.00
Origami Dancing Cranes 2
JS-02-23
$4,100.00
Dancing Cranes 1/45
JS-09-22
$1,800.00
Star Seed
JS-13-22
$6,800.00
Standing Love Cranes
JS-18-22
$4,800.00
Fan Wing Crane Fountain
JS-17-22
$8,500.00