Work samples

  • Birdish
    Birdish
  • Harrow
    Harrow
  • Scrap Lutherie
    Scrap Lutherie
  • Figure
    Figure

About Scott

Harford County

Scott Roberts creates a wide range of sculptural works from objects and materials he finds on the street and collects from flea markets, junk shops, and estate sales. He is a graduate of MICA and maintains his home studio/workshop in Bel Air, Maryland.

Fabrications

An ongoing series of sculptures exploring industrial themes through combinations of various well-worn materials and objects

  • Eleven Washers
    Eleven Washers
  • Sheet Metal Study
    Sheet Metal Study
  • Green Structure
    Green Structure
  • Sentry
    Sentry
  • Bearing Sorter
    Bearing Sorter
  • Weighted
    Weighted
  • Power Plant
    Power Plant
  • Field Study
    Field Study
  • Crane
    Crane
  • Black Structure
    Black Structure

New Works. 2023

Collection of sculptural works made of wire, found objects, and reclaimed materials for an exhibition at Pulp, a gallery in Holyoke, MA. October 21, 2023- November 19, 2023.

  • Hay Burner
    Hay Burner
  • Booster
    Booster
  • Weights and Measures
    Weights and Measures
  • The Surveyor
    The Surveyor
  • Harrow
    Harrow
  • Trial by Fire
    Trial by Fire
  • Eastern Standard
    Eastern Standard
  • Weevil
    Weevil
  • Pintail
    Pintail
  • Revival
    Revival

New Works. 2022

Group of sculptures composed of wire, found objects, and reclaimed materials. These were part of a group show at 57w57arts in New York, January 8 through February 17, 2023.

  • Harvester
    Harvester
  • Vane
    Vane
  • Vane (detail)
    Vane (detail)
  • Pointer
    Pointer
  • Stylus
    Stylus
  • Stylus detail)
    Stylus detail)
  • Rig
    Rig
  • Heron
    Heron
  • Heron (detail)
    Heron (detail)
  • Workhorse
    Workhorse

Quarantine Series

Group of small scale pieces created in 2020 during the beginning of the pandemic.

  • Untitled (#5)
    Untitled (#5)

    Found objects and materials. 4”x1.5”x8”

  • Untitled (#17)
    Untitled (#17)

    Found objects and materials. 2.5x2.5x6.5”

  • Untitled (#13)
    Untitled (#13)

    Found objects and materials. 4”x2.5x7”

  • Untitled (#14)
    Untitled (#14)

    Found objects and materials. 4.5”x3”x7.5”

  • Birdish
    Birdish

    Found objects and materials. 5”x2”x10”

  • Distillation
    Distillation

    Found objects and materials. 5”x3”x9”

  • Untitled (#10)
    Untitled (#10)

    Found objects and materials. 4”x2.5”x7”

  • Untitled (#7)
    Untitled (#7)

    Found objects and materials. 3.5”x2”x7”

  • Untitled (#8)
    Untitled (#8)

    Found objects and materials. 3”x3”x5”

  • Untitled (#9)
    Untitled (#9)

    Found objects and materials. 4”x2”x6”

Quarantine Series (continued)

Group of small scale pieces created in 2020 during the beginning of the pandemic.

  • Untitled (#20)
    Untitled (#20)
  • Untitled (#12)
    Untitled (#12)
  • Untitled (#18)
    Untitled (#18)
  • Hitch
    Hitch
  • Untitled (#4)
    Untitled (#4)
  • Furnace
    Furnace
  • Untitled (#11)
    Untitled (#11)
  • Untitled (#16)
    Untitled (#16)
  • Untitled (#15)
    Untitled (#15)
  • Untitled (#19)
    Untitled (#19)

Figures

This is a continuing series of small primitive figures made from scrap wood and various found objects.

  • Fig. 1
    Fig. 1
  • Fig. 2
    Fig. 2
  • Fig. 3
    Fig. 3
  • Fig. 4
    Fig. 4
  • Fig. 5
    Fig. 5
  • Fig. 6
    Fig. 6
  • Fig. 7
    Fig. 7
  • Fig. 8
    Fig. 8
  • Fig. 9
    Fig. 9
  • Fig. 10
    Fig. 10

Scrap Lutherie

Group of found object stringed instruments, exhibited at Spur Gallery in Baltimore, December 2016 - January 2017.

  • Upright with Horn
    Upright with Horn

    Found objects and materials. 10”x4”x58”

  • One String Box and Bow
    One String Box and Bow

    Found objects and materials. 4”x4”x30” and 2”x1”x30”

  • Three String Uke
    Three String Uke

    Found objects and materials. 5”x4”x23”

  • Memorial Can Fiddle
    Memorial Can Fiddle

    Found objects and materials. 4”x4”x26”

  • Goose Bone (detail)
    Goose Bone (detail)

    Found objects and Materials. 7”x2.5”x23”

  • Three String
    Three String

    Found objects and materials. 7”x2.5”x23”

  • Farmaster
    Farmaster

    Found objects and materials. 4”x4”x26”

  • Ceremonial One String
    Ceremonial One String

    Found objects and materials. 5”x2”x36”

  • Harp
    Harp

    Found objects and materials. 9”x4”x24”

  • Spike Fiddle
    Spike Fiddle

    Found objects and materials. 4”x3”x26”

Wired

Continuing series of studies composed of wire, found objects, and salvaged materials. These small explorations can potentially lead to larger, finished works.

  • Wire study
    Wire study
  • Wire study
    Wire study
  • Wire study
    Wire study
  • Wire study
    Wire study
  • Wire study
    Wire study
  • Wire study
    Wire study
  • Wire study
    Wire study
  • Wire study
    Wire study
  • Wire study
    Wire study
  • Wire study
    Wire study