| An Alien Invasion is sweeping across the globe. I | | | | perfection to remove any rough edges. |
| travel quite a lot and in my travels visit many | | | | Surely the curator of this museum, that was |
| restaurants, bars, night clubs and museums. | | | | quite a distance from the night club I had visited, |
| It was quite a surprise to me when I saw a 1.5 | | | | had not also traveled halfway around the world to |
| Metre Metal Predator Statue with a very large | | | | acquire this collection of Junk Metal statues? How |
| axe at the entrance to a trendy night club that I | | | | did he even know of these alien beauties? There |
| hadn't been to in a while. | | | | must be a growing trend I had yet to hear of |
| When I entered the club there was several more | | | | and a place with easy access to purchase these |
| of these Sci-fi sculptures placed prominently | | | | Scrap Metal Statues. |
| throughout the building. I was definitely intrigued | | | | Now being truly curious, I started to do some |
| by this as the only other place I had seen these | | | | research to find out just how prevalent this Metal |
| Scrap Metal Statues was when I had visited some | | | | Art was becoming. |
| shops in Thailand. | | | | It seems that Junk Metal statues are being |
| I thought that these menacing characters were | | | | adopted in businesses all over the world. Aliens |
| surely just copies of the Metal Art I had seen in | | | | and Predators are guarding entrances to |
| Thailand. Upon inspecting one of the statues more | | | | nightclubs. These larger models are perfect for |
| closely, I could see that with the attention to | | | | outside use as they are coated with a strong |
| detail and superb craftsmanship, this could not be | | | | lacquer to protect them from weathering and the |
| a copy. | | | | balance of the freestanding models is checked |
| As I looked around the club I noticed that many | | | | vigorously. |
| people were grouped around the Sci-fi sculptures. | | | | The Star Wars smaller models, as well as others, |
| People were discussing the number of different | | | | are showing up in large numbers on table tops at |
| pieces that it must have taken to build them. | | | | the more trendy restaurants and bars. |
| Others were whispering that they had heard that | | | | Museums globally are clamoring to get their fair |
| the statues were welded together using scrap | | | | share of Sci-fi sculptures to proudly put on display. |
| metal that came from things like cars, washers | | | | Art connoisseurs are adding Junk Metal statues to |
| and TV's. One woman was commenting on how | | | | their personal collections. These collections consist |
| smooth to the touch the Predator sculpture was. | | | | of Robocop models to Star Trek collectibles and |
| I thought this was merely a coincidence that this | | | | everything in between. |
| savvy business owner had traveled to Thailand to | | | | Families are joining the alien invasion with their |
| include these Alien and Predator statues in his | | | | Metal Art collections containing everything from |
| décor. As I continued my travels I soon | | | | roses to R2-D2. After all, what child wouldn't want |
| found that this must not have been so. | | | | to have a Robot model? |
| While at my next destination I found an occasion | | | | An Alien invasion truly has begun. The aliens I |
| to take a trip to the local museum. Once again I | | | | speak of are Metal Art Sculptures. The large |
| was amazed to see a collection of Robot models | | | | models can take up to 30 days and 12 different |
| and Scrap Metal Statues. I stood there with my | | | | artists to complete and can be both intimidating |
| mouth agape as this collection included Star Wars, | | | | and beautiful at the same time. The Scrap Metal |
| Terminator and Spawn figures as well as robots. | | | | Statues are also being built in smaller models |
| I knew this Metal Art was authentic as I read the | | | | which can be produced in bulk. |
| pamphlet provided by the museum. It explained | | | | So finding Alien, Predator and R2-D2 in all the |
| that the Scrap Metal Statues had been created | | | | places I did was not a coincidence, it's an actual |
| by artists in Thailand who expertly welded up to | | | | Alien invasion. If you would like to join in the |
| 2000 different pieces together on the larger | | | | collection of Metal Art, you no longer need to |
| models. The literature went on to explain that all | | | | travel to far away places. Just be careful you |
| the sculptures are not painted but polished to | | | | don't get abducted. |