In honor of Monday being Earth Day we're mentioning an artist who adds some awesomeness to the world - he reuses and makes beauty - he makes mechanical animals from salvaged scrap metal parts (we can see fasteners all through his animals) -
Chris Cole. So not only are they beautiful but they move - they come to life!
Below are some photos from his website -
Chris Cole Designs. Be sure to check out the website so you can also see videos of the creatures moving. Watching them move sort of has a calming effect. They are, as I said, beautiful but they also have a deep peacefulness to them when they move.
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| The Condor vulture |
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| Claude the fish |
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| The Subaru fish |
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| Wilson the penguin's wings actually flap. |
Also
1800recycling.com has a great article about him by Caz Davidson that talks about how the artist is intersecting nature and industry and what motivates him. It's worth reading.
