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rtist Mike Roig’s work fills the wooded backyard of his home in Carrboro, where his sculptures temporarily reside until they find permanent homes or travel to exhibitions. Over the two-thirds of an acre, a few of Mike’s stainless steel sculptures whirl and spin as the breeze passes by – his kinetic designs are meant to be in motion. “There’s always a fair amount of engineering involved,” he says. Mike’s garden showcases steel, his preferred material, in fluid shapes, polished to a glittering sheen. Many are silver, but Mike achieves a range of
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chapelhillmagazine.com September/October 2021
PHOTO BY JOHN MICHAEL SIMPSON
By Re n e e Amb ro so
Mike Roig and Clay Carmichael are husband-and-wife artists living and working in Carrboro. Mike, once a painter and printmaker, now spends his time on sculpture, and Clay writes and illustrates children’s books.