Studio

The Studio

Vrosens Atelier

Vrosens Atelier is a fine sculpture studio based in Frederick, Maryland, producing original works in bronze, stone, wood, and metal.

Based in Frederick, Maryland, the studio works across scales — from intimate bronze studies to monumental public installations. Each work is conceived, fabricated, and finished in-house, ensuring complete artistic integrity from first sketch to final patination.

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Lorrie Rosensteel

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Vrosens Atelier, est. 2018 · Frederick, Maryland

Artist at work
"I am drawn to materials that carry a sense of time within them — stone formed over millennia, bronze with the history of thousands of years of casting, wood with its rings of lived seasons."
Sculpture in progress

How the Work is Made

#01

Concept & Sketching

Each work begins with intensive sketching and maquette work — exploring form, material, and scale before committing to the final piece.

#02

Material Dialogue

The choice of material is never arbitrary. Bronze, stone, wood — each carries its own history, weight, and demands. The material participates in determining the final form.

#03

Fabrication

Whether casting in bronze, carving stone, or fabricating steel, every work is made by hand in the Frederick studio over weeks or months.

#04

Surface & Patination

The final surface treatment defines the work's relationship with light. Patinas are developed and applied with the same care as the sculpture itself.

Exhibitions & Recognition

2026

Forms of Silence — Solo Exhibition

Glenstone Museum, Potomac, MD

2025

Collected Works 2023–24 — Solo Survey

Hillyer Art Space, Washington D.C.

2024

American Sculptors Now — Group Exhibition

Smithsonian American Art Museum — Work acquired by museum

2024

Surface / Depth — Group Exhibition

Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

2023

Material & Memory — Group Exhibition

The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.

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