Ferriby studied gas welding at Austin Community College, apprenticed at James Starr Metalsmithing in Pontiac, Michigan, then received his Master of Fine Arts in metals from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He also has an extensive background in studying architecture at the University of Michigan. Ferriby has taught drawing at Oakland Community College, and has been commissioned for public sculptures for Hutton Park in Northville, Michigan and Ottawa Park in Cheboygan, Michigan. His work has been in exhibitions around Michigan, including Lawrence Street Gallery in Ferndale, the Art Dept. Gallery in Manchester, and the Detroit Artists Market.

" I sculpt because it is a perfect combination of my passions.  Sculpture embraces space and form like architecture, movement and rhythm like music, and beauty and simplicity like nature.

I prefer to work from intuition.  I rely upon similarity of form to unite a composition.  I do not know what the outcome of each piece will be until it is completed.  Learning from the current work provides the inspiration for the next.

I build my sculptures from materials native to Michigan.  I use steel and copper, both originally mined in the Upper Peninsula and transported by ship to the mills of the Midwest.  I also use techniques that are elemental to the region, from those used by the earliest blacksmiths to those of the ironworkers who built factories, skyscrapers, and bridges.

I believe my sculpture is a continuation of these innovations.  While I find much to admire and emulate in previous work by other craftsmen, I continue to search for artistic avenues of expression as of yet unexplored. "