Saturday, November 29, 2008

Hubcap art: sculptures of caps for wheels.....

43-year-old Briton Ptolemy Elrington (Ptolemy Elrington) is the fact that collects on svalkam and shoulders to the wheel caps, which makes it is in such magnificent sculptures.

Now many of the Ptolemy adorn the nearby pubs, and themselves, in turn, decorated with impressive price - if you want exposure to buy.

The most expensive work of the artist became a dragon, to establish which lasted 200 caps. Sculpture in the 10 meters in length was sold for £ 3000

As the magazine says "Autopilot", Ptolemy Elrington not opposed, when his work called "Art from recycled" and considers himself a kind of green activist movements:

"We are emitted into the environment enormous amount of material that could be used again. If the message comes through my work - well. The more will appear on the earth Eiffel towers of empty bottles or chicken from the plastic bags, the better. While in reality , It is better to make all this space. "


The first work that brought the author's fame, were made from discarded food carts. "A caps for the wheels - I began to gather to do something like armor. And then suddenly came out fish ... Actually, I like the natural form of more than conceptual art, with interesting work. Material I find, usually in roadside kanavah that it brings friends "- the artist told the magazine Autopilot."


To create their works of Ptolemy Elrington hoods of cars using a variety of brands - from BMW and Mercedes to Ford and Volvo.