At one corner of the St. Armands Circle Craft Festival over the weekend, a school of tropical fish, manatees, whales and even mermaids looked ready to swim off its display stand. The steel wall hangings glittered in the afternoon sunshine just as brightly as any real fish scales, and artist John Grammer said 30 years of honing his craft has enabled him to share some of his best pieces yet.
Grammer was one of the artisans displaying their works at the Circle on June 6 and 7. He is based on the southern edge of Sarasota, and he had been looking forward to bringing new designs and refined techniques to the St. Armands fair.
The artist started his own brand, John Grammer Art, in early 2016. But his experience in metalwork began long before the brand…