By welding together scrap iron from abandoned farm machinery, sculptor John Lopez from Lemmon, South Dakota, creates stunning and magnificent full-size representations of creatures such as horses, bison and bears.

A bison in front of the Dakotah Steak house in Rapid City, SD:

Grizzly sculpture at the McKenzie River Resteraunt, Bismarck, ND (image via SooCurious):

Via @MidnightCattus and Pulptastic.