Sculptures

[Manky Monkey]

We've all seen those figures in souvenir shops & garden centres haven't we, the ones made from old nuts & bolts n stuff.
Ever looked at 'em & thought you could do better? Been tempted to have a go yourself?
Well have a look at these.

46 year old Australian artist, James Corbett lives in Ningi, Queensland, Australia, with his wife Jodie and creates his works from salvaged 50s & 60s car parts.
He says "I was working in a warehouse of scrap and a guy I know, who races stock cars, showed me a winner's trophy made from cogs & pistons. I looked at it and I thought that I could do a much better job, so I started making my own sculptures.
After a period of time, people began to become more and more into what I was doing and now what do I with my life is a dream come to reality."


On average, each piece takes a little over two weeks of work, but the larger pieces can take much longer. His favourite donor cars are British & French.
James says that welding the parts and the construction of the sculpture is not the most time consuming part. "Often the longest part of the process is finding old parts suitable for sculpture."
The ram, made from spark plugs, recently sold for a whopping $23,000
James is exhibiting his work in the gallery of John Davies in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England, until December 19th.

-still think you can do better? 

Photos taken from the Telegraph online.

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