Bronze sculptor John Lopez welds scrap metal from abandoned farm machinery to create these animal sculptures.
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"I am a sculptor and love to create. I started welding sculptures together using scrap iron after my Aunt Effie's death. I built a cemetery around her head stone on the ranch and it all started from there."
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When he ran out of material, he went looking through the scrap iron on site. And after some experimentation, he finished a gate into the cemetery, and then made a small angel peering over the top of the gate.
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"I am never bored! I look forward to each new creation, and it is helping me grow and develop as an artist."
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Check his website: http://www.johnlopezstudio.com/
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"I am a sculptor and love to create. I started welding sculptures together using scrap iron after my Aunt Effie's death. I built a cemetery around her head stone on the ranch and it all started from there."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5T1wvlF0SQS2CY-Lwapy8Bic9gHjh_hgHsGKze2gFAXN4_HhzAv5ou0v9IqfBU5GXsyBzPVwPkbmOThZVzDT9ytf3ShQWsVuuJZjAFI68vXRAHk8dzfatIOSQCtR44Ihg2NRAd-EmKr_a/s1600/02.jpg)
When he ran out of material, he went looking through the scrap iron on site. And after some experimentation, he finished a gate into the cemetery, and then made a small angel peering over the top of the gate.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-6smmNFNPqQoa1ux3Ttnci2eS4hzK7uwu-ByM3wQtE2ScRIAnCYMvu7VHojz8ReXLzZccf3lv9uqHZ0CJVGrtOXIiz_nF5a5629MvOnKVRTYqhfjGVdoho3jbwXQB9dCJLB08RUQm6ES/s1600/01.jpg)
"I am never bored! I look forward to each new creation, and it is helping me grow and develop as an artist."
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Check his website: http://www.johnlopezstudio.com/
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