Public Sculpture
& Outdoor Installations

Permanent outdoor sculpture and site-specific installations designed and built in our Toledo studio

Graphite is a builder-led studio. We're sculptors, painters, and fabricators, and we do everything under one roof. The same people who design your sculpture are the ones engineering, sculpting, and installing it.

We create large-scale outdoor sculpture and permanent installations for parks, public spaces, and cultural institutions: steel and glass towers, bronze wildlife, heritage pieces, and site-specific art. Every project is engineered for permanence and built to weather decades of public life.

Capabilities

Public Sculpture
& Bronze Casting

Public Sculpture
& Bronze Casting

Gateway &
Landmark Installations

Park Environments
& Trail Elements

Outdoor Play
Structures

Site-Specific Art
& Heritage Pieces

Featured Project

The Beacon

Glass City Metropark

Metroparks Toledo commissioned The Beacon as the signature sculpture for Glass City Metropark, built on the site of a former power plant. We designed and fabricated a 50-foot steel and glass tower that references Toledo's glassmaking heritage and honors the original smokestack. We also built the park's donor recognition wall, rain tower splash pad sculptures, and a custom information cart. The tower is visible from the Maumee River and has become the park's primary landmark.

Part of $38M Park Development

Featured Project

The Beacon

Glass City Metropark

Metroparks Toledo commissioned The Beacon as the signature sculpture for Glass City Metropark, built on the site of a former power plant. We designed and fabricated a 50-foot steel and glass tower that references Toledo's glassmaking heritage and honors the original smokestack. We also built the park's donor recognition wall, rain tower splash pad sculptures, and a custom information cart. The tower is visible from the Maumee River and has become the park's primary landmark.

Part of $38M Park Development

Featured Project

Put-In-Bay Aquatic Visitor Center

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

We transformed a 1907 state fish hatchery on South Bass Island into a 10,000 sq ft aquatic education center. We designed and fabricated the full exhibit environment: Lake Erie ecology displays, a historic hatchery diorama, interactive species stations, and a live fish viewing tank. Put-in-Bay is one of three visitor centers we've designed and built for Ohio DNR.

$6.2M Project

Featured Project

Put-In-Bay Aquatic Visitor Center

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

We transformed a 1907 state fish hatchery on South Bass Island into a 10,000 sq ft aquatic education center. We designed and fabricated the full exhibit environment: Lake Erie ecology displays, a historic hatchery diorama, interactive species stations, and a live fish viewing tank. Put-in-Bay is one of three visitor centers we've designed and built for Ohio DNR.

$6.2M Project

Featured Project

Put-In-Bay Aquatic Visitor Center

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

We transformed a 1907 state fish hatchery on South Bass Island into a 10,000 sq ft aquatic education center. We designed and fabricated the full exhibit environment: Lake Erie ecology displays, a historic hatchery diorama, interactive species stations, and a live fish viewing tank. Put-in-Bay is one of three visitor centers we've designed and built for Ohio DNR.

$6.2M Project

Featured Project

Small Giants

Cleveland, Ohio

We fabricated two 10-foot monumental figures by Brazilian artist Alex Senna for Wendy Park in Cleveland. The sculptures depict two children sitting side by side, one gazing toward the city skyline, the other looking out at Lake Erie. We translated Senna's two-dimensional style into three-dimensional form, sculpted and painted the pieces in our Toledo studio, and installed them on site.

Featured Project

Small Giants

Cleveland, Ohio

We fabricated two 10-foot monumental figures by Brazilian artist Alex Senna for Wendy Park in Cleveland. The sculptures depict two children sitting side by side, one gazing toward the city skyline, the other looking out at Lake Erie. We translated Senna's two-dimensional style into three-dimensional form, sculpted and painted the pieces in our Toledo studio, and installed them on site.

Doug Kampfer and Jeremy Link, Founders

The Studio

Everything we design, we build ourselves

Columbus Zoo

We founded Graphite in 2011 in a 4,200 square foot studio in Toledo's Warehouse District. Each of us has over 25 years of experience in sculpture and fabrication. Every member of our team is a maker, working with their hands.

That means every concept we design is buildable. No subcontractors, no hand-offs. We sculpt it, paint it, and install it ourselves. What you see in the scale model is what you get in the finished exhibit.

Clients include Toledo Zoo, Columbus Zoo, Indianapolis Zoo, Ohio DNR, Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Toledo Museum of Art, and Metroparks Toledo.

Doug Kampfer and Jeremy Link, Founders

Featured Project

Everything we design, we build ourselves

Columbus Zoo

We founded Graphite in 2011 in a 4,200 square foot studio in Toledo's Warehouse District. Each of us has over 25 years of experience in sculpture and fabrication. Every member of our team is a maker, working with their hands.

That means every concept we design is buildable. No subcontractors, no hand-offs. We sculpt it, paint it, and install it ourselves. What you see in the scale model is what you get in the finished exhibit.

Clients include Toledo Zoo, Columbus Zoo, Indianapolis Zoo, Ohio DNR, Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Toledo Museum of Art, and Metroparks Toledo.

Let’s talk about your next project.

Whether you're commissioning public art, designing a park entrance, or planning an outdoor sculpture, we'd love to hear what you're planning.

See Our Work

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About Us

A Toledo studio that turns ideas into objects. Meet the team.

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Talk to Us

Reach out directly about your project

Jeremy Link
jeremy@graphitedandb.com
(419) 575-1012

Doug Kampfer
doug@graphitedandb.com
(419) 308-9626

Graphite Design + Build
15 N Huron Street
Toledo, Ohio 43604
info@Graphitedandb.com
(419) 690-4870

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