Sadness, surprise and pain at the death of a talented Valletano sculptor

Marcos knew how to reinvent himself and move forward in adversity. He brought out the best in himself during his time in a prison at the worst moment of his life, where he surprised with his majestic works of art made of iron. The minotaur, the turtle are some of the many that he popularized with his magic.

After leaving prison, he reintegrated into society in the best possible way and even taught an Art workshop in the Municipality of Orense, which opened the doors for him to channel his innate talent and ability.

Unfortunately, when everything seemed to be going on track and the sun was coming out, his young life faded away. “May Art and talent be the words that resonate most when your name is heard. Thank you!” Leonor herself, a symbol of journalism and art in the region, said goodbye.

Last year, shortly after regaining his freedom and in his debut teaching classes at the Workshop, Marcos agreed to a rich talk with LM Cipolletti in which he talked about everything, accepted his mistakes and was enthusiastic about the idea of ​​transmitting their knowledge to the neighbors.

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“The artistic was always pending in my life, music, reading. In the 5 years that I was deprived of liberty, I generated dozens of works. When I began to do the first works in the prison, the motivation was to rediscover that passion. I never thought they would be of interest outside. Things that were happening. I have that creative talent and the people who were in Culture had their eyes on me, luckily, I’m not going to waste this chance,” he celebrated in that moment of complete happiness.

“I have already served my sentence for my bad actions. I was always sorry for what I had done, one is aware that he committed an illegal act, a crime, and I always knew that I had to pay for it. I think all this teaches you not to make mistakes again,” reflected the outstanding welder.

Who began to improvise in 2018 by forming an almost two-meter guanaco with an old hot water tank and iron rods. And he didn’t stop anymore.

“What I did while in prison was productive. I began to investigate again with the welding machine, it had been quite complicated for a while due to a psychological illness… I had lost the welding gymnastics. It was productive, I was able to earn a space in the prison workshop. The first thing was to do blacksmithing and suddenly art emerged, waste that had to be given an artistic part. Things came out that were made known to society without thinking about it,” he explained.

“This generates a culture at work. We are going to teach what I know and see what potential there is in people. The Workshops are organized for different ages, for women and men. The idea is going to be to start with theorists referring to what a welding machine is and from there start with the artistic, with recycled materials which is what we have and in that way be able to see what is coming out of all that. “, he highlighted, very motivated at that time after meeting his students.

Marcos Bravo, the Valletano who left behind teachings and an exquisite work, passed away.