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George Nemeth · Jerry & Tyler
August 4th, 2008
I got to know Jerry & Tyler working on ArtsCollinwood’s Community Center renovation. Fran Henry does a great job capturing them in this article:
Schmidt learned to weld metal sculpture at age 13, working as his father’s assistant, and he began teaching Tyler when he was 8.
The now-teenage Tyler, lanky and shy, emerged from the studio with a freshly welded piece of sculpture to show his father. Schmidt held it carefully, admiring the hot welds. He suggested that a section needed to be ground down. Very carefully. Tyler listened closely, bent over and resting his gloved hands on his knees.
“Some beautiful work,” Schmidt concluded as Tyler returned to the studio…
The lives of Jerry Schmidt and son Tyler take shape in the sculptures they create – Cleveland.com
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