On 9-09-08, I visited Helmet Hair MotorcycleBlog and looked at this amazing wire sculpture of a motorcycle. It was made by the artist Jin Dian Shi. His work is absolutely amazing. Just in case you don't read Helmet Hair, I just had to share it.
The information below was copied from the Andrew Bae Gallery website.
This marvelous sculpture by a Chinese artist, Jin Dian Shi, from Chengdu, China, depicts a life-size 1940’s vintage BMW motorcycle using woven stainless steel wires. This is his third motorcycle ever built, each one using different method and only one in North America. The artist’s technique here is a basic crochet-like approach using extremely simple custom made hand tools working in excruciating details. The shock spring is clearly visible as well as the tread patterns on its tires. Mr. Alan Artner, senior art critic at Chicago Tribune once says, “ This phenomenal workmanship is largely missing from contemporary art created in the west…” When asked how long his sculpture takes to build, Mr. Shi responds simply “I don’t know, and I don’t want to know.”
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The pictures on this post were borrowed from from Helmet Hair, and from the Andrew Bae Gallery.
That is really cool!
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWOW! I wonder how long it took him to make this one? This is such an awesome piece of art. I would like to be able to look at one in person, to see all the detail. Thanks for posting this. Maybe I need to visit Helmet Hair's blog.
ReplyDeleteAnn, B.B, and lady R.,
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it.
Funny, even the artist does not know how long it took, and doesn't want to!
OMG that is the most amazing sculpture I've ever seen. I wonder how much it is??? I want to display it in my living room! LOL
ReplyDeleteHelmet Hair always has cool stuff on that blog! Thank for finding this and sharing it with us!!
Thanks for sharing. Helmet Hair usually finds some pretty interesting stuff.
ReplyDeleteIHG & Dean,
ReplyDeleteGlad you thought it was a cool as I did. Yes Helmet Hair does find some cool sh*t!