American artists have drawn criticism after making stunning, intricate sculptures by pouring hot liquid aluminium into anthills.

People watch the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks at the Edge at Hudson Yards on Thursday, July 4, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo)

A Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleader, wear a military-inspired outfit as part of the NFL's Salute to Service program, flips her hair during a game between the Buccaneers and San Diego Chargers in Tampa, on November 11, 2012. (Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack/Associated Press)

Iggy Azalea shares a joke with Andy Lee and Hamish Blake during Bonds 100th birthday celebration event at Cafe Sydney on August 19, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

A person poses on the track during a fashion competition at the Durban July horse racing event in Durban, South Africa July 1, 2017. (Photo by Rogan Ward/Reuters)

Festival goers attend day one of the Parklife Festival at Heaton Park on June 9, 2018 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Mercury Press)

Wearing a mariachi hat, candidate Clara Brugada, who is running as a delegation leader under the ruling party Morena, smiles as she greets supporters on the last day of campaigning ahead of the June 6 mid-term elections, in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Photo by Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)

Bella Hadid and sisssster Gigi look boa-tiful as they strike up an Adam and Eve pose complete with a snake in February 2022. The model siblings went nude for a Versace shoot — just like Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone, 75, and supermodel Claudia Schiffer, 51, did back in 1995. (Photo by Mert and Marcus/Versace)