I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

My name is JK Brown. I live in rural West Wales. This peaceful part of the country is known for being a precious habitat for its native wildlife, which is of constant inspiration to me.

For as long as I can remember I have loved to watch animals (especially in the wild) and for as long as I can remember I have been drawing, making and creating as a way of celebrating the beauty of nature. Often when I’m out walking I pick up fragments of metal that have been thrown away. Sometimes fly-tipped or washed up on beaches, I patiently reassemble these pieces into monuments to the natural world around me: a habitat that is becoming increasingly fragmented.

I find that my own process of reversing this fragmentation is, for me, a calming antidote to the madness of endless consumption.

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Kingfisher

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Two holly blue butterflies

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Magpie

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Graze

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Grasshoppers

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Pheasant

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Praying mantis

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Adder

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Hornet

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Frogs

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Native butterflies

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Crow

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

Praying mantis

I Turn Scrap Metal Into Animals

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