PUNTA GORDA — Karyn Warner Hammock, whose work is known under Metal Aesthetics, brings a rich and varied background to her creations.
Hammock says she has “always had a creative bent,” but her professional path did not begin in the arts. She started out in banking.
In her late twenties, she enrolled in evening metalsmithing classes at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, hoping to counterbalance the monotony of her day job. She originally intended to study glassblowing, but it was costly.Traditional metalsmithing proved a more accessible option…