This is the best recycling I’ve seen. Martin Angel, the proprietor of Artejal Galeria on Carretera 19, KM 64 in Pescadero, BCS, uses his imagination and skill to create fantastic creatures. His bread and butter is making security gates and doors, but his creative side is always looking for something artistic to accomplish. What an amazing talent.
Look closely and see if you can identify the parts and pieces of his sculptures. These mujeres (women) are the traditional Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) figures that are so popular here in Mexico.
Check out the dragon. He’s so scary looking, but I was mesmerized as I took his photo. He was probably a star in Avatar.
What do we have here?
You probably need to be a car mechanic to be able to identify a lot of this stuff.
It looks like he’s ready to take off any minute.
Martin (pronounced Mar-teen) has done work for friends of ours, Gwen and George. They have his cactus skeletons as part of their gate decor. Very cool.
Here’s a tuna cactus that he made for someone. He is going to finish it with some sealer, but leave it rusted. There are some buzzards perched there too.
This is no pink flamingo.
Who knew that rebar would make such lovely hair?
This little mermaid is beautiful. I’m not a mermaid fan necessarily, but I wouldn’t mind bringing her home.
These buzzards are so real looking. We have a lot of them in the desert.
Baja shores are filled with pelicans too.
This is Martin’s nod to another creature that is found here in Baja. (A big reason we moved here).
Look at those 6-pack abs!!!
Doesn’t this vaquero have a beautiful face?
If you come to El Pescadero, be sure to stop in and see Martin’s creations. If you need security gates or doors or window bars, he can help you with those too. It’s almost hard to believe these creations happen in such a rustic environment by such an unassuming man.
Martin Angel
612-133-0023