Parts Imitating Life: Sculptor uses car parts to make cars... and animals
James Corbett's car parts art – Click above for image gallery
One man's junk is... well, you know. Watching the shiny metal grommets roll through his auto recycling plant in Brisbane, Australia, James Corbett doesn't appear to know the word "junk" when it comes to cars. He takes all of those leftover bits and makes superbly detailed sculptures of mostly vintage racers and, of all things, animals. None of the parts are bent or altered to help make the pieces, either. Corbett even built a full-size car out of parts and stuck a flathead V8 in it, and he still takes it racing.
Corbett has an exhibit coming up in London this month and then takes his show to Palm Desert, CA next year. If you don't get a chance to see the real things, we suggest you have a well-worth-it look at the images in our gallery below.
Gallery: James Corbett's Car Parts Art
[Source: James Corbett via Pistonheads]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Benfolio 1:42PM (11/13/2009)
That is amazing.
I'll always never look at the warranty parts scrap I throw out the same way again.
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Benfolio 1:43PM (11/13/2009)
Yup, 'always never'. Just like we'll always never get a friggin' EDIT BUTTON will we, AB?
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Benfolio 1:45PM (11/13/2009)
AND, this was supposed to be a reply to my original post. FML.
Ross 1:47PM (11/13/2009)
I was going to ask how this guy got the idea to build cars out of a bunch of junk, but then I remembered the Dodge Avenger.
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Bigbuck17 2:08PM (11/13/2009)
Did anyone see Wade dunk on Anderson Varejao yesterday,that was amazing.I know this has nothing to do with the topic,but that dunk will be a classic.
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Silly Pickle 2:08PM (11/13/2009)
Da-amn....now that's imperssive! Why didn't I think of that!!??
Oh yeah...that's right. I couldn't draw a carrot...that's why. Would love a piece of this on my mantle though. Or 2.
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Knight Rider 2:09PM (11/13/2009)
I meant "impressive"...can't proof read worth crap either.
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BRUNO TULLIANI 4:19PM (11/13/2009)
Wow, that is really beautiful! I really like the way the cars and motorcycles convey a sense of motion.....great works of art.
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auto.design 4:46PM (11/13/2009)
Love the sheep/ram made of spark plugs....clever
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notYou 5:12PM (11/13/2009)
Beautiful.
It's so refreshing to see real, honest to goodness individual craftsmanship. What this artist is doing is the sort of stuff that just makes me grin.
Bravo!
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EcoBustier 6:25PM (11/13/2009)
One man's junk is another man's treasure. lol
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