Anne Alexander is a Tioga County native, creating mostly Nature-inspired metal artwork in various styles— from steel sculpture and furniture to fire pits and large wall pieces. Her media of choice is reclaimed steel taken out of scrapyards and dug out of tree-lines. She draws inspiration from observing the world in her travels, hiking in her beautiful hills, and talking with the peoples who live there.

In addition to her Professional and Art Services, she offers theoretical and hands-on welding instruction and “Make-It/Take-It” classes; backed by 3 years of teaching and 20 years of industry experience. 

Welding processes used are: stick, MIG, TIG, oxy-acetylene welding, and brazing.
And, every so often, you may catch the Buffalo hand-crank coal forge blowing smoke for blacksmithing. 

Anne earned an Associate’s Degree in welding from Penn College of Technology in 2004, and her first industry job was building boiler walls to ASME code before the plant was shut down. 

After the layoff, Anne earned a B.S. in Organismal Biology from Kutztown University. Since then, she has pin-balled her career among performing agricultural research, teaching welding at two BOCES campuses in upstate NY, functioning as an environmental consult, park ranging, and working in fabrication shops. It’s this amalgam of experience that led her to the creation of Higher Ground Welding & Art, an art studio and job shop focusing on the creation of nature-inspired sculpture and sharing the trade with others!

The Higher Ground workshop is a 2-bay garage in Elkland, Pennsylvania, serving the Cowanesque Valley and surrounding communities. Hours are varied, as family takes priority over established business hours. Please reach out for art/service inquiries or to schedule individual instruction!

Anne lives in Nelson with her beloved aunt, her trophy husband, and their two precocious daughters.