Garrett Gilbart is a sculptor specializing in the creation of intricate works using salvaged steel objects. With a background in welding and fabrication, and formal training from Sir Sanford Fleming College, NSCAD University, and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Gilbart possesses a strong technical foundation and diverse skillset. Their work is characterized by the use of a handheld plasma cutter, which they use to craft a variety of materials. Gilbart's work focuses on the cultural and personal significance of objects and tools, exploring the fading aura of utility and labor these objects exude. In addition to these themes, Gilbart's work often incorporates historical textile patterns and motifs from the Arts and Craft movement acknowledging the importance of Craft to the past, present, and future of labour in Art. The silhouetted forms of native wild plants and other botanical forms are carefully recreated and cut into the salvaged steel objects, including car parts, tools and other material the artist salvages from the forests, fields, and local barns. Both conceptually and emotionally, the artist creates a merging of contexts and existences that offer a range of access points for viewers to engage.