The story so far
Our shop has been in business making works for Interior Designers, Architects and Contractors in the Seattle area for over twenty years. Concentrating on multi-material construction for residential or commercial settings, we work in all types of metal, as well as wood, glass, clay and concrete.
With long experience, acute attention to detail and our fine arts background, we have become an invaluable and uniquely satisfactory choice for clients, combining creative vision with a complete understanding of project management.
Hidalgo+Meyer Fabrication is one of the three legs of C.F. Meyer Studios. The overall vision at C.F. Meyer is to bring the fine arts, crafts and interior design under one roof, cemented strongly together with the belief that the best and highest of all creativity is formed in the place between total direction and total freedom.
In these last six years I have forged into one business the skills and talents which I have used over all of the different areas in both the fine art and the interiors world. With the re-envisioning of C.F. Meyer studios, I offer clients my fine art, my furniture designs, and a custom fabrication shop that builds whatever they can imagine.
The honing of my artistic sensibilities came from a life dedicated to the creation of beauty and the interpretation of the human experience. The perfecting of my materials skills came from a life in the building and fabrication industries. With an interiors architect for a father, and an art and architectural historian for a mother, I was literally born into the fields in which my business engages.
Education
Connecticut College - New London, CT 1990 B.A. Degree - Art Major with concentration in sculpture.
Studio Art Centers International, Florence Italy 1988 Studio Art, Art History
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. 1998 Kiln Casting Glass
Penland Craft School, Asheville, NC. 1988 Glass Blowing
Pratt Fine Arts Center 1995-2004 Sculpture, printmaking, Jewelry/Metalwork, Glass
Honors, Awards & Grants
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Medical Emergency Grant 2019
PONCHO Artist in Residence, Seattle, Wa. 2002
Full Travel Scholarships, Iwamizawa, Japan. Mar ’98, Sep ’98, Sep ’99 & Sep ’00
Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, Stanwood, Wa. 1998
Charles Anders Scholarship, Seattle, Wa. 1998
Fahrenheit 96 Scholorship, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Wa. 1996
Exhibitions
Asia Print Adventure, International Print Exhibit - group show, juried and invitational exhibition 2004
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan. - Inclusion in Exhibition Catalog
Gallery 070, Vachon Island, Wa. - solo show, invitational exhibition 2002
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, Wa. - group show 2001 - Present
Onodara Gallery, Iwamizawa, Japan - group show, invitational exhibition 2000
Contemporary Art Institute, Sapporo, Japan - group show, invitational exhibition 1999
Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, Wa. - group show, juried exhibition 1998
Lead Gallery, Seattle, Wa. - group shows 1997-2000
Phinney Neighborhood Association, Seattle, Wa. - solo show, juried exhibition 1998
Center Of Contemporary Art, Pratt gallery at COCA, Seattle, Wa. - group show 1999
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Wa. - group show, juried exhibition 1999
Bon Marche Gallery, Seattle, Wa. - solo show, invitational exhibition 1998
Public Commissions
City of Iwamizawa, Japan - Designs for fiberglass children’s play structures. - Design for construction 2000
City of Iwamizawa, Japan - Design for Public Park at Senior Citizens Center. - Design Only 1999
Capitol Children's Museum, Wash. DC, - Design for Indoor Learning Playground. - Design Only 1991
Private Collections
Danny Lewin - Sculpture Purchase - “Stable Confidence” - Grey Iron - 48” x 10” x 10” - 2020
Dr. Wendy Allen - Sculpture Purchase - “Interior Struggle” - Grey Iron - 5” x 3” x 2” - 2019
Dr. Ann Blake - Sculpture Purchase - “Bronze Gaston Munch” - Bronze - 6” x 4” x 4” - 2019
Janet Murphy - Sculpture Purchase - “Human Existence” - Bronze - 9” x 4” x 12” - 2018
Allison Blunt - Sculpture Purchase - “Mother and Child” - Grey Iron - 10” x 4” x 2” - 2017
Tom and Kristin Ferguson - Sculpture Purchase - “Quiet Intelligence” - Bronze - 6” x 4” x 2” - 2016
Danny Lewin - Sculpture Purchase - “Interior Thoughts” - Hot Cast Glass - 20” x 22” x 9” - 2015
Danny Lewin - Sculpture Purchase - “Alone in a Crowd” - Bronze - 16” x 32” x 10” - 2015
Pia Christomos - Sculpture Commission - “Empowered Interaction” - Aluminum - 12” x 18” x 6” - 2014
Pia Christomos - Sculpture Purchase - “Family Thoughts” - Bronze - 37” x 15” x 10” - 2011
Pia Christomos - Sculpture Purchase - “Edvard Romanesque” - Bronze - 8” x 2” x 3” - 2008
Donna Moody - Sculpture Purchase - “Child Rearing” - Grey Iron - 10” x 4” x 3” - 2006
Megan Corwin - Print Purchase - “Walkabout” - Monoprint - 10” x 15” - 2004
Jim and Marilyn Bergstrom - Purchase - “Engaged Imagination” - Bronze - 96” x 48” x 10” 2002
Ted Wight - Sculpture Purchase - “Waiting in Queue” - Grey Iron - 16” x 20” x 4” - 2000
Ted Wight - Sculpture Purchase - “Sunday Night” - Grey Iron - 12” x 16” x 1” - 1999
Loly Bates - Sculpture Commission - “Gathered Intelligence” - Bronze - 34” x 28” x 10” - 1998
Andy and Kim Cooperman - Sculpture Purchase - “Personal Insight - Grey Iron - 4” x 3” x 5” - 1997
Residencies
Iwamizawa Sculpture Camp, Iwamizawa, Japan
With Artist - Philip King, Sculptor, England, UK Mar 1998
With Artist - Gwen Merril, Sculptor, Los Angeles, Ca. Sep 1998
With Artists - Robert Graham, Sculptor, Los Angeles, Ca. Sep 1999
David Novros, Painter, New York, Ny.
With Artists - Michael Dorner, Sculptor, West Germany. Sep 2000
Christoph Sicher, Photographer, West Germany.
Teaching
Pratt Fine Arts center - Sandcasting Bronze 2004
Sandcasting Iron 2005
Our architecture & interior design firm has been working Hidalgo + Meyer for many years. This studio produces the most refined wood and metal furniture pieces that we have seen. It's absolutely beautiful work.
In additional to enduring and elegant finished work, we like working with this studio because of the process. Hidalgo + Meyer meets with us as many times as we need to ensure that we are getting exactly what we want. The planning, timeline and shop drawings are always thorough and precise.
We return to this studio again and again to help us create award-winning interiors.
— Garret Cord Werner Architects & Interior Designers
If you have a challenging project involving something you revere, Charles is the person you should seek out.
Even if the project is not so special to you, we believe you would find Charles to be caring, focused,
thoughtful, professional, sensitive to your environment,while delivering great workmanship.
Having a special project done correctly can be costly.
We are very pleased with the results of our project. "
— Ted&Angela - Homeowners Seattle, Wa.