iron gifts for anniversary

With this sculpture, Mexican artisan Armando Ramirez gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "iron horse." Rearing on its hind wheel, a half-horse, half-motorcycle hybrid kicks its front legs. Ramirez crafts this sculpture by hand from upcycled metal auto parts, including spark plugs, springs, cogs, and nuts.

Gliding silently amid seaweed, a scuba diver propels himself through the sea with flippers. He carries spark plugs as oxygen tanks on his back. This underwater explorer is crafted from an amazing assortment of bicycle and automobile parts. Armando Ramírez recycles them as rustic art.

Leaning forward in concentration, a musician plays a melody on the grand piano. The virtuoso is crafted from an amazing assortment of bicycle and automobile parts. Armando Ramírez recycles them as rustic art.

Please note it is the artist's intention no to give his sculptures a fine polished finish, therefore smudges and scratches may be present.

Mexico's Armando Ramirez has a special talent for turning recycled auto parts and scrap metal into marvelous rustic sculptures. Here he presents a mighty elephant, hand-crafted from timing chains, metal plate, bolts, and other parts.

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.

Armando Ramirez masterfully captures the grace and poise of ballet dancers in this stunning metal sculpture. Each dancer is crafted with sparkplug bodies featuring iron rods for limbs. Her tutu is crafted with recycled metal sheets.

Titled "Bailarines en el cielo" in Spanish