Tom Sneeringer

Tom Sneeringer is a retired lawyer/lobbyist. Over 44 working years in Washington, DC, he “ran the table” in terms of a Washington career, with jobs in a professional society, an industrial trade association, a Fortune 500 corporation, a federal agency, two law firms, a lobbying shop, and a coalition of trade lawyers. He also held a senior position on Capitol Hill. Sneeringer represented the steel industry for 25 years, where he became very fond of the color of rust. An urban forager by nature, he would collect discarded junk as he came across it—nuts/bolts/screws/washers, steel bands, wire, worn lumber, construction detritus. Then he started saving used household items—plastic bottle caps, “tin” cans, porch flooring, old fixtures. Eventually, after touring a few “junk art” collections, ideas began to occur to him about things he might be able to make. Sneeringer sees his art this way: “Things that have done their job, but have been cast aside, can still find new ways to be interesting. It’s actually a good model for retirement.”

Contact: tmsneeringer@gmail.com