Florida artist Bradley Arthur was hired to make sculpture out of melted guns. He did. But shortly after the sculpture was installed, it began to rust. “The county now contends Arthur has delivered a defective product. He must have done something wrong in making the sculpture. Officials with the county’s public art program want him to ‘fix’ it.
Arthur, 50, of Land O’Lakes, says there’s nothing broken. Of course the pieces are rusting, he said, because they’re made largely of gunmetal. He fully expected his artwork to rust in parts, and took that into account in his design.”