In the backyard of the “Amsterdam Museum” (formerly known as “Hermitage”) you can find some ‘metal beasts’, made by artist “Junk-Art”.

The sculptures are handmade, sustainable, and the material they use is steel. It’s including sources such as bolts, gears, all sorts of motor parts, horseshoes and metal scraps.

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A couple more candle holders, flowers and a handstand!!

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A ring of dancing folk as a candle holder. They throw wonderful shadows on the wall and table! I've put an old pudding pot in the centre as a tea light holder but it could be replaced with flat piece with a spike for a larger candle.

Made from nails, bar iron and balls

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Today was my first fair of this year. It was nice to be back talking to people, getting new contacts and new ideas

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Yokai Seat!!!
Once upon a time a seat was made from bits of well loved tools and parts, with a backrest of love hearts or smiling faces. It was cherished as a seat for many many years, with care taken to mend its broken pieces and a coat of paint every year! Then the owners moved on, they cast the seat away. Seasons passed, weeds grew and weather took its toll, the lonely seat lay, unable to do anything else. Then one day a wandering spirit passed by and caught a glimpse of the seat and its sadness. Feeling pity for this once loved thing they formed a pact, the seat would live again and this time is could run through the fields, climb trees with its strong arms and hands! But the spirit was mischievous, it gave the seat a face of faces with red eyes and tongues that dart. It would scare anyone that saw it. So the poor benevolent seat had to hide from humans and couldn't be useful again.
Until now....!

This beastie is fully tamed, will not eat any of your friends, family, pets or houseplants. It might catch a fly or two for you! It is more than happy for you to sit things on it again!!

Made from car suspension spring, cut up trampoline springs, shop racking, nuts, spanner handles and other bits and pieces.

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Made myself a bending thing. There are many issues with it but it does work!!

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Doing the heads and faces of my scrap metal fairies is definitely one of the harder undertakings. This is more micro than the macro I'm used too!

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This Yokai loves its sake 酒 and is taking a rest cuddling one of the bottles.
Made completely from scrap/unwanted metal including a sprocket, hammer head, spanner handles, car suspension spring and nuts.

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