Tork is a team of experienced and versatile trained artists headed by owners Mark Lagergren and Tony Ball. They have been creating unique sculptural installations and functional works for commercial and individual clients for more than 10 years. Adept at working on both large-scale public installations and small detailed objects, Tork collaborates with architects, designers, and contractors to meet site specific goals. Their sculpture has been placed in a variety of environments including public parks, playgrounds, gardens, hospitals, museums, corporate interiors and exteriors, and restaurants. We specialize in metal and resin design, fabrication, sculpting, and casting in unique combinations of materials. Tork's artists are masters of Crystal Clear® resin, and as you will see in the gallery below, they produce some absolutely astounding pieces.
Specialties
- Mold Making
- Prototyping
- Sculpture
- Product Design
- Short Run Casting
- Specializing in Smooth-On Crystal Clear Series
- Casting Clear or Transparent Colors
- General Solid Color Casting
Showcase Gallery
'Orchid' Created for the Columbus Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio. Crystal Clear® resin and hammered copper set in a stainless steel planter. 16' tall.
The combination of metal and resin media enables extremely realistic detail when called for.
'Donor Vine Gate'Designed and fabricated for Inniswood Metro Gardens, Columbus, Ohio. Engraved copper leaves on powdercoated wrought iron with Crystal Clear® Resin accent leaves. (5 sections) 5' tall.
Close-up of Crystal Clear® accent.
Large mobile type Bird Sculptures installed in the maternity wing of the new Methodist hospital in Dublin, Ohio.
The first sculpture consists of five separate balanced arms with two adult birds per set and a Swarovski crystal, which represents an egg.
These sculptures are in two separate atriums , the east and west towers, respectively. Each sculpture is approximately 50 feet high with each arm set being 10 feet wide. The arm set rotates, as well as each individual bird.
The second sculpture is similar to the first with the exception that it has baby birds instead of the eggs.
Anthony Ball with one of the large parent birds for the sculpture.
Close-up bird in motion.
The Crystal Clear® is finished with an iridescent effect which constantly changes as the birds move.
close-up of the wing section.
Viewers experience a 'show' of colors from the moving display.
Each bird changes depending on lighting, vantage point, and speed of the wind.
The eye-catching Crystal Clear® wings even stand out against a bright blue sky
The Bonsai Tree - Dublin Methodist Hospital located in a meditation garden, which sits directly above the main entrance.
The tree is fabricated aluminum with Crystal Clear® resin 'leaves'.
Close up of the Crystal Clear® resin 'leaves'
Although It’s a static sculpture, an illusion of movement is created due to the way the light/sun interact with the different hues of red resin.
The Bonsai Tree - view from above.
'Sunflowers' created for the Children's Garden at Inniswood Metropolitan Park in Columbus, Ohio. Powdercoated steel and Crystal Clear® resin. 8' to 12' tall.
Close-up of the sunflowers.
Tork was contracted to cast over 800 Crystal Clear® shoes and boots for DSW Shoes.
Crystal Clear® Short Heel
Crystal Clear® Stiletto
Crystal Clear® Boot
Close-up ~ Beads were cast into the Crystal Clear® resin to purposely create 'champagne like bubbles'.
'Bonsai Tree' designed and fabricated for private residence. Coated aluminum and Crystal Clear® resin. 8'tall x 9'wide
Detail showing the optical and translucent quality of Crystal Clear® UV stable cast resin. Cast resin disks fastened to aluminum framework.
Contact Information
2505 Fairwood Ave
Columbus, OH 73207
- Tel: (614) 492-1810
- E-Mail: tony@torkworks.com