Being Creative With Steel

Steel is one product that has many faces—when you first think about steel products, things like industrial warehouses, vehicles, and sterile hospital tools may come to mind. However, if you look closely at the world, steel can be found in so many different areas of our lives, both function and artistic. It would take too long to list all the places where you might see steel, but here are some of the most common places you’ll come across it in life.

Functional Steel

The road you drove to work on today probably had steel in it. In fact, if you work in a commercial building, chances are that building also includes steel in its framework, walls, and perhaps even in other areas. In addition, the car you drive on a daily basis to get you to work, school, extracurricular activities, and on vacations is also made of steel. Most tools are also made of steel, whether they are small handheld tools like a hammer or saw, or larger tools such as a forklift, bobcat, or tractor. The sheer volume of steel in our daily lives makes it one of the most ubiquitous, and perhaps underappreciated, materials that we come across.

 

Cities and communities use steel to construct everyday items such as park benches and road signs, playground equipment, bridges, and buildings. Companies use steel to make everything from tables and chairs to medical devices, small appliances, refinery tanks, and chemical plants. In some cases, the steel may be mixed with other metals to increase hardness, improve rust protection, and more. In fact, you see so much steel in so many different forms every day that you probably don’t even really notice when you see it.

Artistic Steel

There is also an artistic side to steel, whether you are planning to use it as an artist or not. Many people choose to incorporate steel into their home décor, perhaps as part of a larger metal piece of wall art, or as an accessory to accent other furniture. You may have steel in your staircase, or your appliances at home. Many people also use steel as an artistic piece of décor in their yard, using it for signs, fences, stair railings, and more.

If you have specific artistic preferences, you can visit a place like Wasatch Steel where steel services include shearing, punching, or plasma cutting machines that shape them into just about anything you can imagine.

Another popular use for steel as an artistic and functional item is to create signs for your business, address signs for your home, and more. With the tools to create any sign, if you can draw it or imagine it, Wasatch Steel can make it a reality for you.

Life as we know it would be dramatically different without steel products—the ability to transport goods, construct buildings, explore space, cook food in the oven, and countless other activities rely on the lightweight, durable strength that steel provides.