Sparks Fly When Creativity Meets Craftsmanship - David Perez

David Perez didn't know what he wanted to do when he was younger. As the son of a blacksmith and welder, Perez learned the basics of metal fabricating and enrolled in welding classes at MATC, but he couldn't shake his passion for art. Now, Perez, who signs his art with the name Wet Paint Chango, is creating his biggest project yet — a large-scale steel sculpture for MATC that fully fuses the functional and the artful: https://www.matc.edu/who-we-are/transformations/transformations-annual-report-spring-2023/sparks-fly-when-creativity-meets-craftsmanship.html