Welding Artist Creates Life-Sized Animal Sculptures, Made Entirely From Scrap Metal: ‘A Huge Jigsaw Puzzle’

It has often been said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. For Matt Sloane, this phrase certainly rings true. A welder from Tasmania, Australia, Mr. Sloane uses scrap metal to create works of art. The talented artist specializes in creating life-size animal sculptures. Mr. Sloane has always been passionate about art. He even attended art school for a brief period but soon realized it wasn’t for him. A decade later, he took a course at a vocational college that sparked his interest in metalwork. As part of the course, he fashioned a life-size eagle out of scrap metal. The beauty of the majestic eagle with its wings spread out left him amazed....