When people walk through the thousands of metal scraps and old car parts stockpiled at Rebecca Low’s west Fort Worth art gallery, they usually see garbage.

But to Low, those pieces of steel, copper and aluminum are so much more. They’re tools in her “treasure yard” waiting to be shaped into art.

“People call it my junkyard, but it’s not. Once I own it, it’s a treasure,” she said.

For nearly 30 years, the Fort Worth artist welded metal scraps into large-scale sculptures inside her Rebecca Low Sculpture Gallery .

Low was commissioned for dozens of high-profile sculptures, including the metal work of Fort Worth’s longhorn mascot “Molly” that hung above the council chambers at old City Hall .

“Some people call me an icon, but I think that’s pushy,” Low said.

While she’s grateful for

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