James Corbett - Auto Part Sculptures

James Corbett Auto Part Sculptures
 
Photos of the items below were all fabricated from junk 1950 and 1960 automobile parts by James Corbett, a gentleman in Australia.  He uses remnants of old cars of the 1950's and 1960's.
 
He converts parts of cars that were scrapped into sculptures worth thousands of dollars using salvaged old car parts.
 
One of the pieces, a ram of spark plug, sold for a whopping $23,000
 
His sculptures are made of gears, spark plugs, exhaust, radiator, anything that the artist can achieve.
 
After spending weeks dedicated to locating suitable pieces, James meticulously cleans every part and welds them together.
 
"I was working in a warehouse of scrap and someone I knew who ran stock car races, showed me a Trophy winner with different levers. I looked at it and I thought that I could do a much better job so I started making my own sculptures", he said.
 
"After a period of time, people began to get more and more into what I was doing and now what do I it for a living, it's a dream come true."
 
"On average, each piece takes a little over two weeks of work, but the larger pieces can take much longer”, he says.
 
James like to weld using the scrap pieces of old British and French cars; which are his favorites.
 
James says that fabricating the sculptures is not the part that consumes most of his time. "Often the longest part of the process is finding old parts suitable for sculpture."
 
The sculptor is exhibiting his work in the Gallery John Davies in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England, until December 19.
 
"My two favorite pieces I've created for this exhibition are the ram and the wild boar,” he says.
 
Corbett lives in Ningi, Queensland, Australia with his wife Jodie.
 
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