Where Steel
Meets Bone
Bikebones (Francisco Serrano) has been creating sculptures and lighting since 2017. His work mixes upcycled materials with traditional craftsmanship, revealing the intrinsic beauty in items like old bicycles or animal skulls. With this process, he explores the intersection of industrial materials and natural forms. The new objects embody the connection between art, nature, and the everyday. His skull pieces, in particular, serve as a tribute to the natural world we've damaged. They challenge traditional hunting trophies and taxidermy by rejecting human dominance over nature.
gallery
Metal Mandalas
Skull art
Desk lamps shaded
Wall Lights
Bare Bulb Desk Lamps
Other Works
centrespace exhibition 2026
Statement
Beauty can not be separated from the tapestry of daily life. In some cultures, art was produced by artisans and was enjoyed in everyday use, like the geometric patterns on a carpet or a poem made to be passed on. Some objects' beauty comes naturally from the inner purpose they fulfil.
For me, skulls and classic steel bicycles are some of these objects that can radiate within their structure attractive lines to the human eye. I work mainly with materials found in the city or the woodland around it.
Those materials had a life before, literally or metaphorically, and my work is to give them a new beginning.