Oklahoma weather has an effect on metal and that effect is going to be turned into a work of art.
Leslie Anne Martin stopped by the Brandon and Rebecca Wright home northwest of Wilson Saturday evening to place a 10-inch piece of sheet metal in their yard.
It was stop number 52 out of 77 that Martin and her husband Daniel have made this month. The piece of metal is shaped like Okmulgee County and will be joining 76 others in an 11-foot wide, five-foot tall sculpture.
The metal is going to be exposed to the elements to show how different parts of the state weather metal differently.
Arriving at the Wright home at sundown Saturday, she said the site was chosen because Martin and Wright have a common friend through the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. That friend contacted the Wrights who went through Facebook to volunteer their yard for the project.

Click here to see more about the project.

Martin said they are about a third of the way through the state-wide trip with 25 counties left to go.
Once three months of exposure to the elements is over, each property owner is asked to mail the piece of metal back to Martin. She provided a pre-postage paid box for the mailing.
"This is interesting, said Daniel. "I'm excited to see how this all turns out."
After finding a spot for the metal cutout to be staked to the ground, Martin and her husband said they were going to Paden to spend the night then hit the road again to wrap up their statewide tour.

More of her work and the project can be seen at:
www.lesliemartinart.com
www.facebook.com/weatheringok