When Ramone Patterson was a teen, his mother took him and his twin brother to a barber on Frankstown Avenue in Homewood for Afro-style haircuts. In his 20s, Patterson made his way to the neighborhood to take in the music, food and artisan offerings at the annual Harambee Ujima Black Arts Festival.
Now the 53-year-old’s artwork occupies prominent spots at a factory-turned-maker space in Homewood.
Patterson, a metal worker who lives in Penn Hills and creates pieces for residential and commercial spaces, is one of two artists who designed outdoor furnishings for 7800 Susquehanna, a former Westinghouse Electric Corp. facility that’s marking 10 years as a center for makers, artists, small manufacturers and nonprofits in the creative economy.
Patterson — who previously designed metal wall hangings for a first-floor entrepreneurship center at 7800 Susquehanna…
