artist statement
Michael Merrifield is a large scale sculptural metal worker, as an artist he is inspired by nature and the animal kingdom, Through the medium of steel he creates vibrant and interesting creatures form scrap metal, using various metal working techniques such as forging and weld creating large unique creatures from scrap metal, the creatures are works of pure fantasy; some simply doodles in the back off a sketch book brought to life in metal and some taking inspiration from the Victorians; blending many different creatures together to create a more interesting and diverse, almost mythical creatures.