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Greenville sculptor's artwork created with salvaged yard scrap
Greenville artist Jonathan Bowling artwork is almost entirely created using salvaged scrap metal.
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Greenville artist Jonathan Bowling artwork is almost entirely created using salvaged scrap metal.
FIVE-YEAR, $62 MILLION REBATE PROGRAM WHICH HELPS PAY FOR SIGNIFICANT UPFRONT COSTS. >>> HE'S AN ARTIST WHO WORKS ALMOST ENTIRE FROM SALVAGE FROM THE SCRAPYARD. >> OUR TARHEEL TRAVELER TAKES US TO GREENVILLE. >> Reporter: THIS IS A GREAT FIELD TO SHOWCASE YOUR WORK. >> IT HAS BEEN VERY GOOD FOR ME. THEY BASICALLY GET A FREE SCULPTURE PARK AND I DON'T GET RUN OUT OF TOWN. >> Reporter: DON QUIXOTE. A SAUCEPAN FOR A HAT. >> THE HORSES TAILLESS TIRE CHAIN. >> Reporter: ALL THAT SCRAP METAL FROM THE SALVAGE YARD. >> IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS, IT'S PARTICULARLY NICE. >> Reporter: GENERALLY, WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT YOUR WORK. >> YOU GOT SOME KIND OF IMAGINATION. >> Reporter: THE WORK OF JONATHAN BOLAN. >> THIS IS THE HEAD OF A FORKLIFT. >> Reporter: THIS IS SOME CRAZY HAIR. >> THE CELTIC GOD OF THE WOODS. MYTHOLOGY RELATED AND SURE ENOUGH, IT'S GREAT. >> Reporter: HE GREW UP ON A KENTUCKY FARM. >> I FOUND MY OWN ENTERTAINMENT LARGELY. I USED TO PLAY THIS GAME I CALLED INTERSECTION. >> Reporter: CAR WRECKS HAPPEN AT INTERSECTIONS. >> I WOULD STOP AT THE INTERSECTION AND PICK UP THE BROKEN BOLTS AND WHATEVER. >> Reporter: TODAY HE MAKES WHATEVER WITH WHATEVER. >> A COWBOY WITH A LARIAT AND CHAPS. >> Reporter: HE BUYS THE SCRAP METAL AND SELLS WHAT HE CREATES. >> I PROBABLY OUT OF POCKET, HAVE $500 IN THE MIDDLE COW. >> Reporter: $10,000 INVESTED. TO HIM WAS REALLY CRAZY IS THE THOUGHT OF PRACTICING MORE TRADITIONAL SCULPTURE. >> TAKE ALL OF THESE LOST HER MOLDS OFF OF THIS. WHEREAS, IF I DECIDE HALFWAY THROUGH, THIS DOG'S BUT LOOKS FUNNY, AND I THINK I WILL MAKE IT INTO A GOOD AFTERNOON. THAT'S FINE. >> Reporter: MAYBE NOT FINE ART, BUT THAT'S FINE TOO. >> I CANNOT IMAGINE DOING ANYTHING ELSE. >> Reporter: CALLED THE ART OF MAKING SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING, EXCEPT IT IS NOT NOTHING. IT IS ART. >> WE WILL COLLECT THE BIG EUREKA MOMENT. THIS WILL WORK. THAT'S PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEST THERAPY THERE IS. I MEAN, IT'S GOOD STUFF. >> >> JONATHAN BOWLING EARNED HIS MSA IN SCULPTURE IN 1996.