Nick van Woert
Nick is a good friend of mine, he has a large sculpture studio in Greenpoint. I visited him on a weekday afternoon in January to check out what he's working on. He builds his work from various salvaged materials; wood, metal, plaster, plastic etc... He welds, melts, cures, shreds, and plates these materials into sculptures that seem to mimic the industrial environment surrounding him. He also builds motorcycles and bicycles from the ground up, not to sell, but simply for the joy of honing his engineering abilities. Check out all his finished work at http://work.fourteensquarefeet.com/