Southern Rustic Art (SRA) was formed in late 2020 and manufactures artwork made from steel and wood, as well as producing commercial signs and other bespoke custom pieces.  SRA is a partnership between the founder and artist Cole and his partner Fiona.  

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Cole learned to make steel art in 1998 as a 10 year old, after flying from NZ to Australia with his dad to learn the craft.   In 2001 Cole started making plasma art as a part-time after hours hobby in the North Island, but became too busy with his day job to keep up with demand and ceased operations.

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After meeting his southern belle, Fiona, Cole moved to the deep south in 2020 and found time to return to his passion for steel art.  Within weeks of operating part-time from a single garage with a handheld plasma cutter, it became clear that in order to keep up with demand and requests for larger commercial signage and more intricate custom designs a larger commercial set-up would be required. 

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SRA purchased a CNC machine, which arrived mid January 2021, and will be relocating to a larger premises shortly.