Bronze · iron · glass

Stories worth keeping, cast to endure for generations.

John S. Hallett sculpts herons, sawyers, skiers, and the people behind them in bronze, iron, and glass. Collectors, universities, and parks across the Midwest keep his work where everyone can see it.

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Single Buck: a bronze sawyer driving a stainless-steel crosscut saw through a log, on a poplar base

The first Hallett Iron Works opened in 1853.

Portfolio

Eight bodies of work

One hundred and two photographs across eight collections, in bronze, iron and cast glass. Start anywhere.

Forward Together bronze at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine

Forward together · Madison, WI

Public Art & Installations

Built for public ground

Commissions for parks, universities, and towns, from Forward Together at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine to the Bemidji sculpture walks in Minnesota. Installed to be touched, weathered, and read up close.

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About John S. Hallett

Veterinarian, log roller, sculptor

John spent his first career as a small animal veterinarian in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, then earned an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He has coached world champion log rollers and skied the American Birkebeiner for decades. His great-great-grandfather opened the first Hallett Iron Works in Chicago in 1853; John brought the name back for sculpture.

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