This is made of paper??? If it is, it's extraordinary. If not, it has no place in this gallery.

Thank you for the compliment David! Yes, it's cardboard I've cut out then covered in a paper & glue mixture I make in an old food processor. Then painted with a carefully selected grey paint. When the final coat is still tacky, I sprinkle on a mixture of ground red pumice, old brick, and sometimes cinnamon. Except for the glue, it's all recycled materials. I'm delighted you thought it might be real rusty metal! Thanks again!

I really like this, I got to try that red brick pumice, I have some mount St. Helen's ash, what would you put that on? Maybe an antiquity statue.

Who else, if not a man, can appreciate your work properly!

I like it.