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January 2013 -
Barrett-Jackson
Auction Company
- Scottsdale, Arizona

Steven Shaver creates
car part cufflinks and
keychains to be sold
as promotional items
for Barrett-Jackson.


April 2012 -
Movie prop trophy made from recycled motorcyle and car parts.  Based on character's facination with Fantasy Football and Sophia Loren and building things.  Artist Steven Shaver.
Steven Shaver creates
a movie prop sculpture
from recycled auto and
motorcycle parts for the
movie, The Three E's.


July 2011
Trophy made from recycled bicycle parts for the Denver Triathlon sponsored by Muscle Milk.  Artist Steven Shaver.
Steven Shaver creates
a bicycle parts trophy
custom made for the
Denver Triathlon
sponsored by
Muscle Milk
.

July 2010 -

Steven Shaver creates
custom car part trophy
for CEC and celebrity
2010
Bullrun Rally.

January 2010 -
Gift clocks made from recycled car gears and Michigan license plates for CEO's and VIP's attending the North American Int'l Auto Show in Detroit.  Artist Steven Shaver.
Steven Shaver creates
55 gift clocks made
from recycled Michigan
license plates and
car gears for the 2010
North American Int'l
Auto Show in Detroit.
Recipients included:
CEO's of GM, Ford
and Domino's Pizza;
Indycar champion,
Helio Castroneves;
racing industry mogul,
Roger Pensky and
mayor of Detroit,
David Bing.

 

ARTIST'S STORY
Helping to preserve the planet one "part" at a time  through functional art.

Artist Steven Shaver looking through gear hole.  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...Trophies made from car parts and Swarovski crystals for the ESPN GM King of Bling celebrity car show.  Artist Steven Shaver.Artist Steven Shaver with giant wall clock made from a 1950's copper Nash auto radiator grill.National leadership award custom made for Mille Fleurs restaurant.  Handcrafted from vintage dining artifacts, game box and the restaurant;s marketing materials.Custom automotive furniture for a car shop made with Firebird parts.  Artist Steven Shaver.

Steven Shaver Designs

Growing up in Los Gatos, California for Steven Shaver swinging a tennis racket was more common that swinging a hammer.  "Tool time" would come later.  He went on to study at San Diego State University and graduated in 1991 with a B.A. degree in International Business and completing industrial design courses at San Jose State University.  Steven never imagined that the career direction he would ultimately choose would take him down an artistic path of creating one-of-a-kind gifts, furnishings, awards and cufflinks made from car parts, license plates, vintage artifacts and other recycled materials for major companies and celebrity events.

A broken car visor would make history…In 1996 a random trip to a Pick-n-Pull salvage yard in San Jose, CA to replace his car's broken sun visor would put Steven on course for what would become his creative passion and business.  At the salvage yard he saw endless rows of abandoned old cars from the past and marvelous looking parts half buried in the dirt.  The parts resembled something from the “stars”, with their "celestial" forms and intricate engineering and a "story to tell".  This was the "ah-ha" moment!  Although he knew very little about their automotive functions, he could envision their “artistic” purposes.  Steven wanted to give new life to these treasures that would otherwise rust away in the junkyard or be melted down for scrap, so he took a trunk load of parts home and began creating.  He furnished his bachelor pad with his “found art” and started his business by showing his creations at car shows, art festivals and a TV auction.  They were a hit and he knew he was on to something!  Steven developed his art in the spare time while working in the property management field for nearly a decade.  In 2003 he finally took the leap to pursue his business full time.  Life changed again in a big way when Steven and his wife welcomed the birth of their two boys in 2008 and 2010.  Steven took over the role of taking care of the boys and running his creative and growing business after his wife went back to work!

Through it all Steven's one-of-a-kind creations have been featured in major newspapers and magazines, shown on ESPN and made for company CEO's from GM, Ford, VW, Mercedes Benz USA and Domino's Pizza; humanitarian Millard Fuller, the co-founder of Habitat for Humanity; and celebrities and achievers such as Jay Leno, Roger Pensky, Hugh Hefner, Nicolas Cage, Snoop Dogg, Ice_T, Ludacris, Cedric the Entertainer, Chip Foose, Dwayne Wade, Bernard Hopkins, Helio Castroneves and David Bing (current mayor of Detroit).  Steven has also done projects for other industry giants such as Google, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard and Texas Instruments and his computer part awards have been given to recipients globally in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Switzerland, France, Japan, China and India.

Above all, Steven finds great reward and motivation in knowing that his "part art" will have lasting meaning for the recipients and will help preserve the planet one part at a time.

"Cheers!"
Steven Shaver
Artist and Founder, Steven Shaver
Steven Shaver Designs
(310) 781-9792
steven@stevenshaver.com

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