For over a decade Frank Seckler has been creating unique metal art. He has concentrated on developing patinas that bring warmth, vibrancy and texture to his steel pieces. Frank has successfully married his love of color and the design process to bring us art that is not only beautiful but functional as well.

Frank spent time at the Rhode Island School of Design and finished his degree in fine art at Lewis and Clark College. He worked for several well-known artists and sculptors during his summers and then opened Seckler Studio in 1989. Seckler Studio quickly made a reputation for its craftsmanship and metal finishes on its Southwest petroglyph inspired furniture. In 1998 Frank decided not to make any more Southwest petroglyph designs and instead to focus on both his contemporary line of work as well as other primitive works.

Frank’s training in printmaking and painting is what has inspired his concentration on developing patinas to bring out the inherent beauty and vibrancy in steel. Frank’s work has been collected extensively throughout the United States, Western Europe and Japan.

The clear coat on the furniture enhances the finish, protects it and makes it easy to clean. The clear coat process is termed “powder coating”. Powder coating is a dry finishing process, using finely ground particles of pigment and resin, which are electrostatically charged and sprayed onto a surface. The pieces to be coated are electrically grounded so that the charged powder particles projected at them adhere to the pieces and are held there until melted and fused into a smooth coating in the curing oven. The result is a uniform, durable, high quality finish that is also environmentally friendly. Powder coating is the best protective coating available today.