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

Origami Dragonfly
JS-04-22
$5,200.00
Assertion 2/45
JS-05-22
$3,900.00
Horned Toad Maquette x 3
JS-19-22
$1,200.00
Serenity
JS-06-23
$25,000.00
Star Seed
JS-13-22
$6,800.00
Dismantled Cube
JS-16-22
$9,500.00
Ascension
JS-08-23
$25,000.00
Koi Pond 2
JS-04-23
$12,500.00
Lunar Memory
JS-12-22
$5,600.00
Expansion
JS-05-23
$6,500.00
Desert Bloom
JS-11-22
$4,200.00
Leap Into It
JS-14-22
$4,300.00
Stoic
JS11-23
$25,000.00
Plane Wanderer
JS-09-23
$25,000.00
Crane in a Box
JS-01-22
$650.00
Agave
JS-07-23
$18,000.00
Dancing Cranes 1/45
JS-09-22
$1,800.00
Stairway
JS-21-21
$22,000.00
Best Buds
JS-03-23
$1,200.00
Patience AP3
JS-03-22
$2,200.00
Crane with Folded Wings
JS-22-22
$6,800.00
Fan Wing Crane Fountain
JS-17-22
$8,500.00
Dancing Fan Wing Cranes 1/45
JS-06-22
$4,200.00
Abundance
JS-10-23
$32,000.00
Kissing Cranes
JS-02-23
$750.00
Chain of Cranes 2
JS-01-23
$2,800.00
Rattlesnake
JS-20-22
$1,800.00
Origami Dancing Cranes 1/45
JS-07-22
$4,100.00
Standing Love Cranes
JS-18-22
$4,800.00