The Artist:  Sculptor, Steffan Wachholtz, in addition to his numerous other distinctions, is a recipient of both the American Society of Interior Design (ASID) International Product Design Award and the prestigious Resources Council Product Design Award (ROSCOE).

Steffan demonstrates by artistic example how REDESIGN can provide new uses for otherwise discarded objects. Recognizing the limited availability of natural resources for creating new products, his work manifest his intense awareness of the need to conserve resources and energy. Yet Steffan eschews the term "recycling" as most commonly used to promote such conservation. No one can express it better than the artist himself...

"Often during recycling, the energy required to convert surplus goods back into raw materials for remanufacturing, coupled with the loss of energy and technology associated with the original object, results in a net loss in energy and resources.  Yet, through artful rearrangement, modification, and augmentation we can keep the original object substantially in tact while still finding new life, beauty and vitality in its use."