
Owen Dixon
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Nathan Phillips Square
Booth 306
Owen is a professional sculptor from east of Peterborough Ontario, Initially studying welding and fabrication at Sir Sanford Fleming College, before receiving their BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax, and briefly studied abroad at the Gerrit Rietveld Acadamie in Amsterdam.Owen describes themself as “a carver of unnatural materials, instead of wood and stone, I carve discarded tools, car parts and other salvaged steel objects collected from the forests and scrapyards of rural Ontario”. Each piece is hand carved with a handheld plasma cutter, a welding torch used for melting and cutting steel. Often mounted on a computer controlled track system, Owens skillful manipulation allows them to carve a variety of materials that are beyond the capabilities of even the most advanced robotics or lasers. Through the imaginative use of a precision fabrication tool the artist unlocks a dimension of creativity that cannot be achieved through the technical expertise of the engineer.
Booth 306
3D Works

Overgrown Axe
- 2021
- 89 x 75 x 19 cm
- $1,800

Art Nouveau Chevrolet Hood
- 2019
- 130 x 145 x 8 cm

Big Blue Ford Hood
- 2020
- 60 x 48 x 6 cm
- $7,112

Canoe for Autumn
- 2021
- 36 x 144 x 24 cm
- $15,000

Chemotrophic Landscape
- 2022
- 60 x 78 x 12 cm
- $1,200

Custom Window Screens
- 2022
- 36 x 48 x 1 cm

Log Tongs
- 2021
- 24 x 24 x 6 cm
- $600

Lone Pine Handsaw
- 2022
- 6 x 27 x 2 cm
- $160

Oak leaf Milk Can
- 2022
- 24 x 30 x 1 cm
- $450

Overgrown Frying Pan
- 2021
- 18 x 20 x 3 cm
- $1,600

Overgrown Hand Drill
- 2021
- 18 x 24 x 4 cm
- $400

Overgrown Pitchfork
- 2020
- 24 x 48 x 3 cm
- $460

Overgrown Silver Tray
- 2021
- 36 x 55 x 6 cm
- $400

Overgrown Storm Lantern
- 2020
- 33 x 46 x 27 cm
- $1,600

Wildflower Shovel
- 2019
- 28 x 146 x 14 cm
- $260