<p>Junkyard art uses bolts, nuts, spark plugs, rods, pipes, gear, clutch plates, keys, soup cans, chains, springs, tyre rims and even kitchen utensils like the ‘tawa’!<br /><br /></p>.<p>Art is fluid. It is seamless. It has no boundaries. Anything in this world can become art. Coloured bits of paper can be pasted on a sheet of card paper to make a collage. Little bits of ceramics can be glued to the wall to make a mural. Scrap metal, which is normally sold to the scrap metal dealer to be melted and made into steel, can also be used as raw material for a unique form of art called scrap metal sculptures.<br /><br /> It is also sometimes called ‘scrapture’ — a portmanteau word derived from ‘scrap’ and ‘sculpture’. You can make large sculptures for the garden or small ones for home decor. Scrap metal art uses automobile parts, bolts, nuts, screws, spark plugs, rods, stray machine parts, steel sheets, pipes, gear, clutch plates, ball bearings, keys, soup cans, chains, springs, tyre rims and kitchen utensils like the ‘tawa’. Anything can be grist to the imagination! <br /><br />Only after you have collected and taken an inventory of the scrap metal junk, will your imagination go into overdrive. Each metal bit is welded to ensure that there is absolutely no space between them.<br /><br />The beauty of scrap metal sculpture is how it stays true to its origins, while also being a work of art. Scrap metal sculpture often has a bizarre, humorous or folk angle. It is sure to become a conversation piece.<br /><br />Small sculptures use smaller parts, while on bigger sculptures artists use car engine parts and sheet metal. Accomplished artists also customise scrap sculpture.<br /><br />As the artist watches the scrap metal pieces, she instinctively recognises various objects or animals like a dog’s head, a bird’s leg, a deer’s back, an elephant’s trunk and so on. Then, she tries to find other pieces that could fit to create the figure of the whole animal.<br /></p>
<p>Junkyard art uses bolts, nuts, spark plugs, rods, pipes, gear, clutch plates, keys, soup cans, chains, springs, tyre rims and even kitchen utensils like the ‘tawa’!<br /><br /></p>.<p>Art is fluid. It is seamless. It has no boundaries. Anything in this world can become art. Coloured bits of paper can be pasted on a sheet of card paper to make a collage. Little bits of ceramics can be glued to the wall to make a mural. Scrap metal, which is normally sold to the scrap metal dealer to be melted and made into steel, can also be used as raw material for a unique form of art called scrap metal sculptures.<br /><br /> It is also sometimes called ‘scrapture’ — a portmanteau word derived from ‘scrap’ and ‘sculpture’. You can make large sculptures for the garden or small ones for home decor. Scrap metal art uses automobile parts, bolts, nuts, screws, spark plugs, rods, stray machine parts, steel sheets, pipes, gear, clutch plates, ball bearings, keys, soup cans, chains, springs, tyre rims and kitchen utensils like the ‘tawa’. Anything can be grist to the imagination! <br /><br />Only after you have collected and taken an inventory of the scrap metal junk, will your imagination go into overdrive. Each metal bit is welded to ensure that there is absolutely no space between them.<br /><br />The beauty of scrap metal sculpture is how it stays true to its origins, while also being a work of art. Scrap metal sculpture often has a bizarre, humorous or folk angle. It is sure to become a conversation piece.<br /><br />Small sculptures use smaller parts, while on bigger sculptures artists use car engine parts and sheet metal. Accomplished artists also customise scrap sculpture.<br /><br />As the artist watches the scrap metal pieces, she instinctively recognises various objects or animals like a dog’s head, a bird’s leg, a deer’s back, an elephant’s trunk and so on. Then, she tries to find other pieces that could fit to create the figure of the whole animal.<br /></p>
