His unconventional style of sculpting incorporates mechanical objects and high-tech materials to produce astonishingly beautiful representations, which he nicknames “Mechanations.”

Having received no formal training in the arts, it wasn’t until his thirties that Peralta found his creative voice. “In 2005, while living in Hong Kong, I came across an exploded diagram of a bicycle on the back of a magazine,” he explains the inspiration for his work on his personal website. “I was inspired by its fragile beauty, and imagined a three-dimensional version with a real object.”

“The subjects I choose for the Mechanations series are icons of utility and invention,” he adds. “I also like to think they hold memories that we’ve long forgotten. They’ve watched generations pass; recorded every scene, love letter, and document. Each image, word, and note is permanently imprinted on them.”

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Bear, bison, buffalo, horses… The artist realizes life-size animal sculptures using abandoned agricultural machinery parts. His ranch is 40 km away from the nearest town, so the artist recovers pieces of metal around him and can also count on his friends and acquaintances to bring him this indispensable raw material to create new sculptures.

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His unconventional style of sculpting incorporates mechanical objects and high-tech materials to produce astonishingly beautiful representations, which he nicknames “Mechanations.”

Having received no formal training in the arts, it wasn’t until his thirties that Peralta found his creative voice. “In 2005, while living in Hong Kong, I came across an exploded diagram of a bicycle on the back of a magazine,” he explains the inspiration for his work on his personal website. “I was inspired by its fragile beauty, and imagined a three-dimensional version with a real object.”

“The subjects I choose for the Mechanations series are icons of utility and invention,” he adds. “I also like to think they hold memories that we’ve long forgotten. They’ve watched generations pass; recorded every scene, love letter, and document. Each image, word, and note is permanently imprinted on them.”

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Bear, bison, buffalo, horses… The artist realizes life-size animal sculptures using abandoned agricultural machinery parts. His ranch is 40 km away from the nearest town, so the artist recovers pieces of metal around him and can also count on his friends and acquaintances to bring him this indispensable raw material to create new sculptures.

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