Recycled Metal Sculpture - Eco Friendly Quixote LaborDay25 Hand-painted gold-tone chinar leaf motifs

Hand-painted gold-tone chinar leaf motifs offer refuge to a pair of birds at the center

jade and blue

A beautiful moth spreads its splendid beige and brown wings to take flight

and palm leaves dyed with tree bark

the poncho makes a wonderful layering piece

Recycled Metal Sculpture - Eco Friendly Quixote LaborDay25 Hand-painted gold-tone chinar leaf motifsLance and shield at the ready, Don Quixote de la Mancha prepares to do battle with windmills. Armando Ramrez depicts the beloved character from Miguel de Cervantes' 17th century novel, sculpting the idealistic knight and his horse from recycled metal and automobile parts. Sheet metal scraps, a spark plug, washers, screws and wire all find a new life in this sculpture. The artisan does not give his sculptures a fine polished finish, therefore smudges