A Father and Son Build a Multimillion-Dollar Business With Patriotic Metal Art

Shane Henderson and his son Justis started making patriotic metal art as a bonding hobby. Now it’s a multimillion-dollar business.
A Father and Son Build a Multimillion-Dollar Business With Patriotic Metal Art
Shane Henderson with his son Justis outside of Metal Art of Wisconsin. Courtesy of Shane Henderson
Andrew Thomas
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During the summer of 2013 Shane Henderson and his 10-year-old son Justis were working on a metal art project, and spending some valuable father-son time in their garage. They made patriotic pieces of metal art and started an Instagram page that featured their work, which is now the largest Instagram page showcasing metal art in the world. Little did they know their home project would become a multimillion-dollar business.

Henderson had been a welder, and working with metal came naturally to him. However, what made the work particularly special was the fact that he was creating pieces of art with his son.