Amidst the crowd at the Moscow Farmer’s Market, one particular item draws both children and adults in, their eyes excited with wonder. This item is none other than a metal AT-AT Walker based on Star Wars movies that for some kids, is as tall as them.

Travis Teigen, a metalworker from Colton, Washington, has been selling his creations at the Moscow Farmer’s Market on and off for about five years. Around his booth, customers delight over TIE Fighters and X-wing Starfighters, as well as metal flowers and bugs, all made out of scrap metal.

“I use silverware, chains, bolts, nuts, anything metal I find laying around,” Teigen said.

In fact, one of his customers walked up to Teigen and offered to swing by at a later Farmer’s market with some scrap metal they had laying around. This is a fairly regular occurrence, he said.

Teigen has been welding for about 15 years and is self-taught.

“I work in a [fabrication] shop and grabbed a welder and just started playing with it in my spare time,” Teigen said.

While there were plenty of wares on display Saturday, even a metal banjo, the Star Wars items were undoubtedly the most popular.

“It started with the X-wing Fighters. I was carrying around a pipe fitting for a while, and figured it would be a cool motor for an X-wing Fighter,” Teigen said. “Then it was just a matter of scaling everything else to that part.”

Teigen draws inspiration from beyond Star Wars, sometimes he will find a metal part and know exactly what he wants to do with it.

“I might see a picture of something and want to make it out of metal, or see something on Facebook and think ‘I can make it better,’” Teigen said. “It’s always a bit of a competition.”

The crowd at the farmer’s market is a friendly one, which is the best part, he said.

“I like seeing the looks on people’s faces, especially [for] the Walker. People are drawn to it. It’s a nostalgic part of childhood,” Teigen said. “Sometimes, I wish I could give my stuff away, because you see how much people like it.”