Studio 617 was started in 2009 to supplement income and stay afloat after the 2007 and 2008 real estate and banking crashes. The CNC Plasma cut metal yard art came from my parents. They had seen a vendor in the Carolinas selling cool 3-D flowers,  and they thought it was something I might be good at and enjoy. 

Holly and I developed over 60 designs.  Some were only 2 dimensional, others were three dimensional. They ranged from $5 to $120. Some people built low cost sculpture gardens with our work.  Some people did all their holiday gift shopping with us. We were very active in the Arts and Crafts markets in the Baltimore MD and Washington DC area from 2009 to 2012.  During that time we went as far north as Philadelphia PA and all the way down into Southwest Virginia. 

In 2012 we moved to California. We shipped some items out and engaged in a few markets but we didn't ship the CNC Plasma machine out. Eventually that machine was sold the machine, but we still had some products and raw materials in moth balls in California. 

As of 7/17/2025 we are re-launching Studio 617.  At this time we have a small CNC Router and a small CNC Laser -- we have some unique address plaques we are preparing to introduce. We are working on a design to be dubbed,  "the worlds greatest mail slot". We are also going to burn through the rest of our metal art inventory via markets, online sales or wholesale.   After that we can still produce some of the 3D metal art and we are considering some other options.