Instead, he corrodes, torches, and sands his materials, often sheets of metal, to make them decay into an array of colors and textures. For his most recent works, the young artist pieced together roofing materials, rubbed them with oil sticks, ran a blowtorch across them, and pressed woodblocks into the wet paint. McCloud&apos;s nontraditional methods have garnered him attention in the art world. In his words, he seems to just have "popped up" from nowhere. It&apos;s clear that he&apos;s here to stay.