Dale Wedig
Professor
BS University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse, MA, Iowa State University, MF, Arizona State University
Dale Wedig is a Professor of Art and Design at Northern Michigan University, where he has served as Head of the Metalsmithing and Sculpture departments for 27 years. His studio work ranges in size from jewelry to architectural installations and utilizes metal processes including blacksmithing, welding, casting, sheet-forming, fabrication, and foundry applications. Wedig’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States. He works out of his Upper Peninsula home, surrounded by trees, lakes, rivers, and ice for most of the year.
Wedig emphasizes the importance of staying active with hands-on work, stating that “life without labor is guilt.” He views art as the physical and mental labor involved in creating an object from an idea, finding inspiration not only in the finished piece but throughout the creative process. Wedig is motivated by the lack of guaranteed success and the endless solutions to the same problem, believing that making art requires faith in the unknown and the desire to create something that is difficult to explain.
EMAIL: dwedig@nmu.edu
