Rusty animal sculptures

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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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.
iwillnotmakeanymoreboringart

on a similar note…

http://www.artnet.com/artist/424399692/yong-ho-ji.html

he’s a buddy of mine studying at NYU.
graceusbassus

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Muse

Edouard martinet has some of the most elegant scrap metal animal sculptures I have seen.

http://www.edouardmartinet.com/contents.html
e_sandrs

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
Paul Maurice Martin

He makes natural-looking connections between the angles and shapes of his materials and those of the creatures he depicts.
cj8n

Here are some cool scultures of animals made of cardboard.

http://www.cardboardsafari.com/
Bassmaster AL

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