lightweight sculpture

With epaulets on his shoulders, a utility belt and an official hat, a rustic police officer works to protect the populace and enforce the law. Armando Ramírez crafts the image from recycled metal and automobile parts. Sheet metal scraps, a spark plug, tube and wire all find a new life in this unique sculpture.

The artisan does not give his sculptures a fine polished finish, therefore smudges and scratches may be present.

A young boy riding a bike is the subject of this whimsical sculpture from Mexico. Armando Ramirez carefully handcrafts this sculpture with a passion for converting upcycled metal; bike chain creatively forms the bicycle's wheels, as the boy is crafted from nuts, bolts, screws, rebar, and other pieces of scrap metal, treated with a rustic finish. This sculpture is displayed atop a round base.

Native to Mexico, the tarantula is protected by law, yet poachers often capture the arachnids for illegal trade. Today, domestically-raised tarantulas are being nurtured in Jalisco to make illegal trafficking unprofitable. By Armando Ramirez, the large, hairy spider comes to life in recycled metal. Sheet metal scraps, a half sphere and galvanized wire all find a new life in this unique sculpture, while screws become the fangs.

The artisan does not give his sculptures a fine polished finish, therefore smudges and scratches may be present.

This hard-working executive sits in front of his computer under the glare of a desk lamp, phone always nearby. The statuette is fabulously detailed and rich in expressiveness, a feat considering that all of the components are metallic. Armando Ramírez shapes the executive with a car's spark plug for the body, pieces off a die machine for the head and wires for the arms and legs. What once was a window screen is now the keyboard, and the rest of this admirable sculpture includes upcycled sheets of metal, wires, and further pieces discarded off a die.

Ramírez does not give his sculptures a fine polished finish, therefore smudges and scratches may be present.