Commissioned articulated scrap-metal robot sculptures
Commission a little metal robot with its own pose and personality
Laark Art Studio / Kirk Tegelaar (Skunk)
Kirk Tegelaar, also known as Skunk, invites personal designs for hand-built robot sculptures assembled from metal parts. The custom menu includes poseable and kinetic categories, with discussion of the figure’s name, stance and individual details. An actually viewed owned photograph of a completed commission shows a dimensional metal character with articulated-looking joints; the accompanying maker account describes its poseable construction.
Current location note / listed area: Waltham, Massachusetts; physical sculpture commissions by inquiry
Physical decorative art, not an autonomous robot, live performer, event rental or certified toy. Confirm actual joint or kinetic behavior, design, materials, edges, weight, display support, intended handling, shipping and current queue before commissioning. The photographed October 2025 figure is sold and demonstrates technique, not stock or a guaranteed replica. An old pandemic-era events introduction remains, while a separate 2025 studio-show recap updated in February 2026 documents resumed work. No welding lesson or public-show access is included, and no exact lead time is promised.
Public-source research · 2026-10-30 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
Original research sources
- https://laark.art/work/made-to-order/
- https://laark.art/biography/
- https://laark.art/contact/
- https://laark.art/open-house-studio-tour-2025/
- https://laark.art/works/poseable-robots/juliette/
- https://laark.art/works/kinetic-robots/made-to-order-orbital/
- https://laark.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/juliette-bust-600x600.jpg
Documented state connections
Geographic evidence is retained historical research, not current service availability.
- Massachusetts · based
Actual owned biography explicitly identifies Waltham Massachusetts artist Kirk Tegelaar/Skunk. Owned dated December2025 home-studio recap, updated February2026, corroborates Waltham current operation and new Laark identity. No Maine childhood, former Somerville studio, DC customer shipping or SCUL tour geography is mapped.