Josh St. John is a fabricator and metalworker based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in railings, banisters and other architectural metalwork for interiors and exteriors, aerial props, and human hamster wheels. Available for custom projects. Email me with ideas, questions, or to request a quote.
Toolmonkey@gmail.com
Selected Clients & Projects:
Building Solutions, San Rafael – Railings, stairs & architectural fabrication for multiple residential building projects.
Mumm Winery, Napa Valley – Fabrication of hangers and metalwork for custom oversized barn doors
Flyaway Productions, San Francisco– Prop design & build for aerialist performers dancing against an exterior building wall in “Multiple Mary and Invisible Jane”, September 2014.
Press:
In Dance
SF Examiner
The Huffington Post
SF Chronicle Video Lab
The Nautilus Art Car – Part of the Five Ton Crane art collective’s build of a Jules Verne inspired submarine car
Press:
MAKE Magazine
Popular Mechanics
YouTube
“Mary Poppins” at the Berkeley Playhouse – Flying effects rig for Mary Poppins’ decent to stage
Press:
Daily Cal
Human Hamster Wheels with Engineered Artworks – appearing at the Bay to Breakers Race in San Francisco, at the Coachella Music Festival, and 2012 Indianapolis 500.
Beakerhead Arts Festival, Calgary, Canada – construction of human hamster wheel powered vehicle, 2016.
All Power Labs, Berkeley – Sheet metal fabrication for gasifier power systems.