I LOVE scrap metal art. It always evokes an emotional response. I want to run my hands over the turtle’s shell. I gawk at the fish. And I grin at the moose. The creativity shown in these amazes me. People ‘see’ an image when one piece or another grabs their interest, and the emerging comes from there. Just fascinating.
I love this type of art because my husband and I spent several years creating wall decorations, mailbox decorations, and yard critters from scrap metal. We were finding it harder and harder to find material to use, due to insurance liability laws at scrap yards, junk yards, and used auto parts stores, our main sources of scrap. It was SO much fun to see a piece sitting in a pile, envision that it’s a critter’s head, or would be great as a body, or whatever, take our treasures home and try to put them together.
Alexander Kalifano
These pieces, of course, are way beyond our meager efforts, but the ‘seeing’ or ‘recognizing’ what can be used as a part of the thing you’re trying to create, the time it takes to weld things together and then finish the piece remain the same.
Brian Mock – My Modern Met
I’m in awe of the different textures this artist achieved in this piece. The delicacy of the face, the smoothness of her lips – just beautiful.
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I love the idea of miniature people and animals created from nuts, bolts, screws, and the like. SO creative!
I love the idea of using scrap metal, giving it new life and purpose by creating things from your imagination. Jason Heppenstall has brought this idea to an art form. You can check out his website HERE.
This is a real master and I’m so glad I found it to share it with you!
I love things made from scrap metal. My husband and I have built critters displayed all around our yard. Due to insurance and liability worries, we have trouble visiting scrap yards anymore to find parts, and so our creating of ‘critters’ has mostly been curtailed.
Yevhenii Zaborovsky is a metal sculptor from Kyiv, Ukraine. He specializes in bronzes that leap off the background in bas-relief. I have no idea how he does these. I’m in awe.
Definition of Steampunk Art. SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA. “Steampunk is a retrofuturistic subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.”
I found these on Pinterest, but these are all supposedly listed for sale on eBay.
I found some metal sculpture I really like by Igo Rigo on Etsy. He describes it as ‘steampunk,’ and though I’ve heard the term over at least a couple of years, it didn’t really have much meaning for me.
Steampunk is – “a style of design and fashion that combines historical elements with anachronistic technological features inspired by science fiction.”
“Steam is a central element of steampunk. The technology featured in this universe is generally just as advanced as that of our modern world, but it uses steam as its energy source instead of electricity, gas or oil. As a result, steampunk technology takes on a retro look reminiscent of the Industrial Revolution era.”