We were thrilled to sit down with Paul and his father, Stephen, to learn more about their new venture in the optical world. Their passion for the well made and well used is inspiring to our community of artists.

I still remember the first time I visited Rocky Garza’s house. Rocky and his wife Sara were hosting what we refer to at WELD as Wine Wednesday — which, unsurprisingly is exactly what it sounds like. We get together and have wine on Wednesdays.

Two weeks ago, Dallas WELDER Max Kütz held his first-ever photo gallery event. If you were attendance on one of the three nights where he displayed separate bodies of work, you wouldn’t have realized this talented photographer was a newbie.