JOHN VAN KLAVEREN meets a North Geelong steel fabricator with an artistic bent.
At first glance it could be any steel fabrication yard – until you look a little closer.
Those strange shapes are more likely to find their way into gardens and living spaces of Geelong homes than industrial estates.
But businesses around the region are realising the potential of the industrial art being created by Daniel McDonnell at his North Geelong business, Steel Alive.
The range of steel sculptures is amazing, with everything from seats built like a butterfly and water features to insects, marsupials, dinosaurs and even a striking cobra.
Daniel also makes outdoor light boxes and can produce intricate scroll work as part of logos and completed frames scenes all etched out in steel.
The art doesn’t take over completely, however, Daniel laughs.
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