About Joe Ott

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Meet Joe Ott

Akron Area Artist

Joe Ott grew up in Northeast Ohio and currently lives in West Akron. His passion for nature started at a young age. Inspired by his time in nature and hiking with his dog, River, he creates pieces that push creative boundaries of what is possible with the mediums he uses.

As a self-taught multimedia artist, Joe specials in wood, chainsaw, and metal sculptures. He also dabbles in watercolor, wood-burning, woodworking, and acrylic paint.

He currently works full-time at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens as the Director of Facilities & Maintenance, where he also uses his artistic talents to create exhibits throughout the Estate. Most notable, two permanent garden sculptures and the 2019 Fused exhibit.

Joe has also created pieces for breweries in Ohio, museum art installations, and individual commissioned artwork for private buyers.

 
 

Upcoming Events

  • October 7th & 8th - Joe will be at Stan Hywet’s Ohio Mart doing live blowtorch paintings and will have some for sale as well. Come check him out and see some other amazing artists.

 
Made these sketchbooks for my cousins kids. They both love drawing and making art. Found a company that makes “wood paper” of varying thicknesses and wood burned (pyrography) the covers. These are cherry. We need to encourage creativity a
Quick weekend project. Plasma cut hand saw trees, circular saw blade and some scrap steel. #metal #metalsculpture #art #plasmacutting #handsaw #homedecor #diyhomedecor #diy #mountains #trees #pinetrees #tetons
Plasma cut two old hand saws in to pine trees. #metal #plasmacut #handtools #art
Needed a new coffee table and had some old rough sawed oak slabs and some scrap 1x6’s Latin around. She’ll do for now. #wood #woodworking #coffeetable #bored #quarentine #art
Not sure why I never posted this but I carved this little guy last fall for a friend from a cherry log. #bear #chainsaw #chainsawcarving #wood #woodsxulpture #sculpture #art
Help! I need somebody! Helllllp! So as it turns out, I know nothing about photographing artwork......yet, and I need some professional photos taken of two of my sculptures that I finally have ready. I tried doing some Home Depot lighting and winging
Almost that time again! Built a new “Illuminator” to help light the tree at this years Deck the Hall at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens. Reclaimed the plexiglass from an old exhibit and built an aluminum frame, frosted the glass and mounted a

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