Nelson, New Zealand — Metal Sculpture & Custom Metalwork

Metal
Shaped by
Hand.

Bespoke sculpture and custom metalwork, crafted with fire, patience, and an obsession with form. Each piece begins as raw steel and ends as something that lasts a lifetime.

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The artist at work in the Cohen Workshop, Nelson NZ Detail — heat colouring a metal leaf
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Crafting

Who We Are

Where Raw
Steel Becomes
Art

Cohen Workshop is the studio of a working sculptor based in Nelson, New Zealand — a place where raw steel, copper, and aluminium are cut, bent, torched, and polished into pieces that carry the weight of the maker's hands.

Every sculpture begins as an idea sketched on paper, then lives through grinding sparks, blue flame, and the patient shaping of metal until it becomes something unmistakably itself. No two pieces are identical. No shortcuts are taken.

Whether it's a large-scale work for a garden or a limited-edition piece for your living room, the same obsessive craft goes into every centimetre of metal.

— Cohen Workshop, Nelson NZ

"Every cut is a commitment. Every weld is a permanent decision. That's what makes metal honest."

Cohen Workshop — Nelson, New Zealand

The Work

Sculpture &
Craft

Metal monstera sculpture in progress
Monstera Series
Steel — Original Work
Artist torching a large monstera leaf
Leaf Form Study
Copper & Steel — Custom Work
Torch work on a metal sculpture
Heat & Form
Process — Studio Work
Angle grinder sending sparks flying
Grinding Light
Steel — Process
Artist with completed monstera sculpture
Monstera Finished
Steel — Original Work
Grinding with sparks
Spark & Steel
Process Shot
Close-up welding with dramatic helmet
The Weld
Steel — Process
Artist heating a monstera leaf with a torch
Bronze Patina
Heat Colour — Custom Work
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The Process

Made by
Hand.
From Scratch.

Shaping raw metal in the workshop
01Shape
Applying heat with a torch
02Fire
Welding — sparks and blue light
03Weld
Inside the Cohen Workshop studio, Nelson NZ Workshop tool wall

The Studio

Inside the
Workshop

Nestled in Nelson, New Zealand, the Cohen Workshop is a working studio — not a showroom. It's a place where metal is cut, bent, ground, torched, and transformed daily. The smell of hot steel and the sound of grinding are part of the work.

Every tool has its purpose. Every process has been refined over years of practice. The studio exists to produce work of the highest quality, and every detail — from the initial sketch to the final polish — reflects that commitment.

  • Custom Garden Sculpture
  • Architectural Metalwork
  • Interior Statement Pieces
  • Limited Edition Originals
  • Corporate & Commercial Projects
  • Restoration & Repair
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Built to
Last

Metal sculpture is not fragile art. It's meant to stand in a garden through thirty years of weather, or dominate a hallway for generations. Cohen Workshop builds pieces that outlast trends, outlast movements, and outlast us. That's the point.

The sculpture Cohen created for our garden has become the centrepiece of the entire space. Every person who visits asks about it first. It's one of those rare things that makes a place feel truly complete.

Sarah M. — Client, Wellington

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Let's Make
Something

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