Carl Lewis Farmer
August 22, 1941 - April 17, 2024
Carl was born to Hugh Farmer and Ellen Paige in Atlanta, Georgia.
He was a welder, sculptor, published poet, and avid gardener living in Arvada, Colorado, since 1970.
He was a U.S. Army officer stationed in Japan at the height of the Vietnam War when the urge to sculpt metal began to take hold. He worked as a journeyman welder in industries as diverse as cryogenics, metallurgy and defense.
In 1989, he formed his own company, Welding Works, LLC, and for a time his son and daughter-in-law worked along side him in the business. He successfully operated this business until retirement in 2017.
He is survived by his wife, Joyce Bishop Farmer; son and daughter-in-law, Jeremy and Keri Baumgardner; daughters, Laurie Wilson, son-in-law James Wilson, Elizabeth Wilcox and Allison Connolly; and grandchildren, Tj Fischer, Daphne Wilcox and Benjamin Wilcox, and Abbey Pfiitze.
A Celebration of Life will be held in the near future.
“When I am involved in a piece, there develops a palpable link to what feels like the well-spring of life. For me, it is a spiritual gift and exacts a responsibility that I distill to this belief:
A work of art should evoke a visceral response from the audience; should surprise, compel touch, alter perception, arrest, mystify, glorify but never, never be forgettable.”
