Jay Reddish is an Atlanta-based artist, metalsmith, and educator whose interdisciplinary practice bridges sculpture, textiles, metalwork, and environmental research. Creating functional sculpture and jewelry from recycled and upcycled materials, Reddish explores transformation, queer domesticity, sustainability, and storytelling.

Their work combines traditional craft techniques such as quilting, hand-stitching, welding, and sand casting with contemporary technologies including CAD, 3D scanning, and digital fabrication.

By reclaiming discarded materials, Reddish challenges ideas of disposability and preciousness, transforming scrap into objects of care, connection, and everyday magic.

Reddish is the owner of Forest Troll Art, co-founder of the Atlanta chapter of Queer Metalsmiths, and an educator with organizations including the Spruill Center for the Arts, the Metal Arts Guild of Georgia, The School of the Greenwood, and John C. Campbell Folk School.