I was born in Manhattan, NY in 1979 and moved
to Akron, Ohio as a young boy. I met my wife Stacey (Owens) during my high
school years. My wife and our kids were born and raised here in
Akron.
I enjoyed art as a child, always drawing
cartoon characters. In high school, I decided to take some welding classes to
kick start my career path. I always had an interest in building things and
working with metal intrigued me. Welding seemed a natural fit. Throughout my
training and working with metal, I have gained a lot of experience with many
different types of metalwork as well as a variety of metals.
There were times that Stacey was struggling to
find things for the house... furniture, lamps, wall hangings. We often had
trouble finding items that we both liked. Most of the things we found were mass
produced, lacking style or creativity, or low quality. Eventually we decided I
could make what we wanted much easier than we could find it somewhere else. We
often discussed taking the leap and starting our own business providing
imaginitive, quality furnishings and accessories to people who felt the same as
we did. We were confident we weren't alone in our dislike of the bland mass
produced furnishings most commonly available.
Eventually, my work situation became
more and more unstable. This made it pretty easy to make the decision to start
up Scofield Designs and Metalworks. We've been working on our own since 2008
and feel really good about the quality and design of the pieces we've been able
to produce up to this point. We are anxious to continue to grow our clientelle
and expand our sales area. If there is any service that we can provide for you,
please don't hesitate to contact us.
