Canute Sweeney creates objects that have the look and feel of being old, like ancient relics preserved. He finds inspiration in the old remnants
of a time long ago, like the rust on an old scrap of metal. His work is clean and crisp-edged and seemingly doesn’t have the wear of an ancient artifact; however, he likes to juxtapose these two elements, the old and the new, and reference the archaic in his work. His pieces talk about what has come before, what has now gone, and what is preserved. Canute’s work consists mostly of one of a kind art pieces but he also does limited production and commissions.

He is currently enrolled in the California College of Arts where he majors in Jewelry/Metal Arts and will receive his BFA in 2005. He also works as a bench jeweler at Gallery Flux in San Francisco.