insight
工程技術，地產投資，信仰家園，時尚生活
This is the man that converts parts of scrapped cars into sculptures worth thousands of dollars, the 46-year-old Australian artist James Corbett.
Below are just some of his amazing creations
One of the pieces, this ram made of
spark plugs, sold for a
whopping $23,000.
His sculptures
are made of gears, spark plugs, exhausts, radiators, in fact just about anything
that the artist can use to achieve the finished result.
After spending weeks dedicated to locating
suitable parts, James meticulously cleans and welds them
together.
He said: "I was working in a warehouse full
of scrap and a man I know, that organizes stock car races, showed me a
Trophy winning car "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 interested in what I was doing and now my life, is a dream
that has become reality."
"On average, each piece takes a little over
two weeks of work, but the larger pieces can take much longer", he
says.
Corbett lives in Ningi, Queensland,
Australia with his wife Jodie.
The French and British cars are James'
favourites from which to retrieve parts.
James says that the welding and compilation
of the sculptures do not consume most of his time. "Often the longest
part of the process is finding old parts suitable for use in his
sculptures."
The sculptor is exhibiting his work in the
Gallery John Davies in Moreton-in-Marsh,
Gloucestershire, England, until December 19.
"My two favourite pieces that I've created
for this exhibition are the ram (see 2nd picture above) and the wild
boar," he says.
