Rusty animal sculptures

Posted by Cory Doctorow, November 27, 2007 5:05 AM | permalink

A reader writes, "Joshua Pennings from The Netherlands makes amazing animal sculptures from metal and old tools. He is blacksmithing and welding them with great detail. Some are fantasy pieces and others are really life-like." Link

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#1 posted by porn for creative souls , November 27, 2007 5:47 AM

Reminds me of animal hand paintings by Guido Daniele

http://scophy.com/2007/11/27/art-tuesdays-animal-hand-paintings/

These metals ones are equally intricate.

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#2 posted by graceusbassus , November 27, 2007 7:34 AM

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#3 posted by e_sandrs , November 27, 2007 8:04 AM

Hmmm, I figured the guy who does this in my home state was the only one with this kind of large scale rust-art, but I guess not! You can see some of his work here:

http://www.jurustic.com

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#4 posted by Paul Maurice Martin , November 27, 2007 8:22 AM

He makes natural-looking connections between the angles and shapes of his materials and those of the creatures he depicts.

Paul - originalfaith.com

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#5 posted by cj8n , November 27, 2007 10:36 AM

Here are some cool scultures of animals made of cardboard.

http://www.cardboardsafari.com/

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#6 posted by Bassmaster AL , November 27, 2007 12:08 PM

My cousin Marti does a similar thing with recycled metal materials. Check it out at http://wongcreations.co.nz/gallery.php