In 2009, Studio 617 was started as an artisan welding studio to supplement income after the housing and banking crashes.  We started by offering 2D and 3D rusty metal yard art, and we quickly expanded into CNC cut metal address plaques and colored bead accessories. 

In 2012 a move from Baltimore MD to Monterey Bay CA forced the sale of the CNC plasma machine, and that put the business into mothballs. 

As of 7/17/2025, we are relaunching the Business under a broader umbrella of products for personal, home, and commercial benefit.  

We still have some rusty metal yard art to sell out and then we may or may not continue with some of those designs.  We have a new line of composite Address Plaques that have been in very part time development for over 10 years, and we have a draft proof mail slot that will solve a problem better than anyone else has done in over 25 years.  We also are tinkering with a DIY style Computer Monitor Stand for workshops and those seeking function over form and we have other mechanical and even DIY software designs to share.