gifts made of iron

It's the last seconds of the game and the ball is in the basket in an entertaining sculpture by Mexico's Armando Ramirez. His ingenious sense of art is evident in the admirable way in which he recycles scrap metal. The players' bodies, for example, are car spark plugs, and their limbs are shaped from long screws. Ramirez uses discarded pieces from a die machine to shape the players' heads. The ball is made up of two hoops made from metal sheets.

Please note it is the artist's intention not to give his sculptures a fine polished finish, therefore smudges and scratches may be present.

The imaginative mind of Armando Ramirez transforms scrap metal into a sleek, black and silver chess set. Ramirez collects the leftover metal pieces off a die machine and shapes them into the pawns, horses, and parts of the kings, which also feature cogs from a car's electrical system. The queens are made from screws, auto part cogs and bearings. The bishops are shaped from spark plugs and the towers from cogwheels. The board is made from a metal sheet and features ornate iron wires and bendix caps taken from a car.

Please note it is the artist's intention not to give his sculptures a fine polished finish, therefore smudges and scratches may be present. The finish can vary from matte to shiny, as each chess set is a unique piece of handcrafted art.

Wearing a tall hat and long apron, a rustic chef presides over four bubbling pots. This charming kitchen expert is crafted from an assortment of recycled metal pieces. Armando Ramírez creates the cook himself from a discarded sparkplug, his apron from mosquito netting and his pans from half spheres. The stove is made from metal sheets and pulleys.

Lotus, the flower of rebirth and resilience, will bless your interiors with its celestial aura, captured in Narakorn Wongnitkorn's newest superb creation. Made in Thailand, this distinguished silversmith piece features a captivating illusion in each steel detail forming the base and lotus' petals, bringing a unique tealight holder to life. The artwork also displays an antiqued golden finish that symbolizes eternity and comes with a glass cup to hold the tealight.

With a face like the full moon, this beautiful mask depicts an Akuaba, an Akan word for the child of Akua, a girl born on Wednesday. The term also signifies a doll. Walter Kuma carves the symmetrical features, bright eyes and full lips. "I want people to believe in whatever they do and hope for success in the future," he says.

The mask is displayed on an iron stand.