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21 September, 2010

Bluemoonshadow
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Auto parts Art by James Corbett

My friend sent me this email I thought I would like to share with you all...

James Corbett uses remnants of old cars of the 1950s and ' 60s.

This is the man that converts parts of cars scrapped sculptures worth thousands of dollars. The Australian artist James Corbett, 46-year-old creates these sculptures using salvaged old car parts.

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Bluemoonshadow 21 Sep 2010

One of the pieces, a ram of spark plug, sold for a whopping $23,000

Bluemoonshadow 21 Sep 2010

His sculptures are made of gears, spark plugs, exhaust, radiator, anything that the artist can achieve.

Bluemoonshadow 21 Sep 2010

After spending weeks dedicated to locate suitable pieces, James meticulously cleaned every part and welds them together.

He said: "I was working in a warehouse of scrap and type I know, that ran races stock cars, showed me a Trophy winner fact with levers of change." "I looked at it and I thought that I could do a much better job so I started making my own sculptures."

Bluemoonshadow 21 Sep 2010

"After a period of time, people began to become more and more in what I was doing and now what do I win me life, is a dream come reality."

Bluemoonshadow 21 Sep 2010

"On average, each piece takes a little over two weeks of work, but the larger pieces can take much longer”, he says.

Bluemoonshadow 21 Sep 2010

Corbett lives in Ningi, Queensland, Australia with his wife Jodie.

Bluemoonshadow 21 Sep 2010

Sculptures using pieces of old cars; the French and British cars are James’ favorites to retrieve.

Bluemoonshadow 21 Sep 2010

James says that welding and the sculpture of the parts is not the part that consumes most time of the artist. "Often the longest part of the process is finding old parts suitable for sculpture."