SooZeQues Arroyo Junkers and Other Resurrections: repurposed metal

My art is an infectious need for me, sometimes a burden but most often a blessing.

This blog is about me and my obsessions, my loves, my need to create and my need of JUNK. I'm addicted to thrift stores, estate sales, flea markets and all roads leading off the beaten track to discover that perfect piece of junk. I recycle old license plates, old shovels, wheelbarrows, saw blades and anything else that's funky using my hand held plasma cutter. I love working with steel, sculpting, photography, watercolor painting, stained glass, and turning everyday utilitarian objects into art. Junked cars ~ I will always veer off the path to search out the beautiful wrecked Arroyo JunKers throughout Arizona, New Mexico and anywhere else the road may lead. When I'm not searching for those JunKers

I ~ RESURRECT ~ STEEL

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Friday, November 2, 2012

Butterflies headed home

I've been working steadily on the commissioned order from the last show; 4 license plate butterflies, 1 baby license plate butterfly & 1 cat garden marker for her little departed kitty. This was the first time a client brought their own plates in for me to create from. I'll be honest it made me a little nervous, cuz if I mess it up I can't really replace it ~ makes me anxious! No one is the wiser if I mess up my own and just don't sell them. She had her plates from various state... New Hampshire to Texas to Arizona.

They flew away this morning to their new home.... never to be seen again ~ sweet sorrow.

A butterfly lights beside us

Like a sunbeam, and for a

Brief moment, it’s glory and

Beauty belong to our world.

But, then it flies on again

And although we wish it could

Have stayed, we feel blessed

To have seen it.