Unique metal art will enhance your garden
Metal crafting is a unique and very difficult occupation for most people, but for 22-year-old Reuben Smith from Modimolle it is a job he does on a daily basis for a living.
POLOKWANE – He started his Metal Art business at the age of 18 when he discovered that he could make a living from it because it is a unique business.
Smith is passionate about his work which he sells in and around Polokwane, usually on Saturdays and Sundays.
He designs different kinds of items, shoes to decorate your garden, wheelbarrows, various bird structures and also flower bases that people can utilize for anything they feel will work.
His friends and cousins sometimes help him unpack the crafts from his car in order to arrange them on the side of the road and his cousins assist him in making some of his products which take about a day or two to craft.
“My dad taught me how to craft when I was still very young, he did not sell his craft for a living, he just loved playing around with metal, so I learned by watching him and am now earning a living from it.”
He says he does not make a large profit, but manages to buy the daily needs for his wife and two children, as well as the basic requirements for school.
“I would love people to buy my products because they are unique crafts that you do not see everyday and they can be utilized for many different decorations at home. I travel around Polokwane, but can usually be found on the corner of Webster and Marshall streets, you can’t miss me,” he explains with a smile.
