WOW, just… WOW!!!

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South Dakotan sculptor John Lopez creates life-sized scrap metal sculptures with a uniquely Western American twist. In his hands, old discarded farm equipment is recycled into sculptures of iconic creatures from the American West like a bison, a horse plowing a field, or a Texas Longhorn.

Lopez already had a career as a bronze sculptor, but after creating a family grave for his deceased aunt using scrap metal, he began creating recycled metal sculptures out of found or donated pieces of metal as well.

My favorite part about these pieces is the texture,” explains Lopez. “I just start grabbin’ stuff from the pile and welding it, in and if you weld enough of the same thing on over and over it creates this really cool texture that I’ve never seen in these kinds of pieces before. And I think that’s what draws people in.”

The rest of the collection can be seen HERE

The ‘big’ picture is pretty amazing and so are the little details!  Creative doesn’t begin to describe this man’s work!

Comments

WOW, just… WOW!!! — 18 Comments

  1. Amazing work and a gifted artist… and good for the planet. I bet there isn’t any scrap metal withing 3 counties.

  2. I saw this guy’s work sometime last week and I can’t remember who or what steered me there. That said, I agree completely about the beauty and creativity of Mr. Lopez’s works.

  3. Awesome details in each sculpture, one could spend a fair amount of time seeing the relevancy of some of the parts.
    He has a FB page and there is a pic of the latest… a Dragon!

  4. I would like to see this stuff in person. That is awesome!

  5. All- Thanks! BZ, I’m sneaky that way… 🙂

    Posted from PER waiting for a flight…

    Posted from my iPhone.

  6. Hey Old NFO;

    That Buffalo was real impressive, that guy has a serious talent.