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Avid gardeners can be very green folk. They enjoy digging in the dirt, composting and recycling, and effortlessly incorporate other people’s discards into their outdoor decor. When shopping for attractive pieces to enhance their yards, recycled metal garden art can be a popular choice.

Recycled metal garden decor is a true reflection of the eco-artist’s ingenuity and talent. What may be trash to you or me is reborn in the hands of these talented artists. One artist, Andrew Chase, makes magnificent mechanical structure of giraffes, elephants and robots from recycled plumbing and auto parts. He gets junk transmission and engine parts from his local auto repair, and by combining these with plumbing fixtures and pipes he is able to create wonderful, moving creatures.

Discarded oil tanks and drums are quite frequently used to make metal yard decor. Coloured oil tanks that once supplied fuel to cottagers are cut down into brightly colored critters, including dogs with bones, dancing sheep or moose, lurking alligators and climbing frogs. For something a little different you can even add a diva or a devil!

In Haiti an expanding crafts community is making stunning metal wall art from flattened drums which were once used to transport oil or other products. After taking off the end these drums are flattened then carved manually into exotic art work. Using only hammers, chisels and other simple tools, the artists carve decorative, elaborate designs out of the steel. Steel drum art from Haiti is very popular throughout the world, and increasing in popularity daily. Inside the house or in the garden, it makes a striking piece of wall art.Saving bicycles from early graves a new breed of eco-artists are utilizing discarded bikes parts to create their art. Bike art is becoming so popular it is a genre of its own. Providing nuts and bolts, spokes and wheels, and even gears, a bicycle may be the ideal raw material for recycled metal art.

A large part of the appeal of recycled metal yard art may be the weathered and often rusted look of the various pieces. Rusted metal has a earthy, natural look and blends with the garden rather than making a loud statement. That is why many gardeners seek out pre-rusted metal art.

The creativity of artists working with recycled metal continues to impress me. For instant charm and character, add some recycled metal art to your yard.

Ann Wallis is a long-time gardener and lover of beautiful things for her garden. All year round she pores through gardening magazines and websites looking for colorful perennials to fill the holes in her garden and fun, whimsical metal garden art to add life and character to her yard. Ann’s favorite metal creations can be found at http://metal-garden-art.com

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