The Magic Forge

Art ✦ Madness ✦ Magic

Art and madness in the desert. A wild 40-acre stretch of Arizona made for wild ideas — recycled-metal monsters, off-grid builds and cinema-style art, made in the open.

“I'm gonna make some weird stuff!”

Live shenanigans on TikTok Every day at 10am MST

Explore the madness

Giant sculptures. Recycled materials. Wild ideas. Always a work in progress.

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Painted S-Bird illustrations
Collaboration · Upcoming

Clockwork Birds

A giant clock built from an artist's S-Birds to mark the hours.

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Rainbow-striped bench against a blue sky
Collaboration · Upcoming

Sit Awhile

Robin's bench looking out over the forge. A place to stop and reflect.

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Hand-painted Magic Forge sign
Open call · Now accepting

Silly Sign Project

Looney Tunes–style signs from any artist who wants to send one.

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Person in a metal space helmet and mirrored goggles
Event · Upcoming

Space Oddity Party

A 1970s space-themed shoot under the night sky. Astronauts and aliens welcome.

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Baja-modified VW on the desert land
Build · Ongoing

Dune Buggy of Doom

A Baja-modified buggy that keeps getting meaner.

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Adobe brick with a face pressed into it
Build · Upcoming

The Future of Adobe

Adobe construction, styled to welcome our alien overlords.

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Three retro refrigerators
Open call · Ongoing

Refrigerator Art

Fridge-worthy art, dragon sized. Maybe even inside the fridge.

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Glowing beans under blacklight
Weird stuff · Ongoing

Magic Beans

Found on the land with a note from a council of frogs and a suspicious wizard.

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Nebula photographed from the desert
Event · Returning

Drones, Gimbals & Astrophotography

Tragic F was the off-grid startup's first visitor. He's coming back.

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Mark's Art Studio posters on a stage flat
Collaboration · Upcoming

NYC Gumball Posters

Limited prints with Mark's Art Studio on a faux New York stage flat.

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Chalkboard menu
Weird stuff · Upcoming

Best Served Cold

A catharsis piece. The menu at La Faux Pas is only the preview.

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The Bearded Dragon grinning at the camera on the land A hand-made adobe brick with a face pressed into it

Every adobe brick carries a follower's name.

The mind (and madness) behind the forge

Meet the Bearded Dragon

He built the forge from scratch — pressing adobe bricks from dirt gathered on the land and adding his followers' names to every one. Next up: the shop, then the first official art installation, on the way to cinema-style art across 40 acres of Arizona.

  • Hollywood special effects
  • Welding
  • Mechanics
  • Arbor work
  • Citrus farming

A wild land made for wild ideas

Off-grid, out in the Arizona desert — room for big ideas, bigger sculptures and the freedom to make things nobody asked for.

Acres
40
Power grid
Off
Live daily
10am

Become part of the magic

Artists, makers, photographers, misfits — everyone's welcome. If you've got an idea, a skill, or just a love for weird and wonderful things, let's build something together.

Hand-painted Magic Forge sign

Send a silly sign

Any artist can send a sign to hang on the land.

Three retro refrigerators in pastel colors

Fridge-worthy art

Think your art belongs on the fridge? Prove it.

Pitch the forge

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Updates on new projects, events and whatever weird thing gets built next.