Meet Kleine Johanna, the World’s Heaviest Rideable Bicycle
Kleine Johanna a 4,800-pound behemoth built almost entirely out of scrap metal, was recently acknowledged as the heaviest rideable bicycle in the world by the Record Institute for Germany, a national version of the Guinness Book of Records. You’ve probably seen chunky bikes before, but surely nothing quite like Kleine Johanna. This unique contraption measures […]
Artist Welds Metal Scraps into Beautiful Sculptures of Wildlife
John Kennedy Brown, a sculptor from Wales, transforms scrap metal into incredibly realistic models of birds, insects, animals, and reptiles. As you can see in the photos below, he is really good at welding together discarded metal parts like nails and bicycle chains to depict delicate anatomical features. He then paints them in the likeness […]
Chinese Farmers Make a Living Building Giant Transformers Models from Used Car Parts
A father-and-son duo from Hunan, China, have come up with a fun and profitable business idea – creating giant Transformers robots replicas from used car parts and scrap metal. Although they are farmers by profession, Yu Zhilin and his son Yu Lingyun switched to building the models in 2007, when they realised the potential in […]
Chinese Scrapyard Becomes Tourist Attraction after Staff Builds Transformers from Metal Junk
One day, the workers at a scrapyard in China recently decided to get creative with all the metal junk lying around by building a giant Transformer statue. And when the life-size replica of the popular Autobot started attracting the attention of visitors and passers-by, they decided to keep going. The team built over 40 Transformers […]
Farmer Who Lost Both Arms in Accident Spent Eight Years Building New Ones from Scrap Metal
Sun Jifa, a Chinese farmer who lost both his arms after a homemade bomb exploded prematurely, built his own functional prosthetic limbs after he couldn’t afford to buy the one offerd by the hospital. A few years back, 51-year-old Sun Jifa, from Guanmashan, Jilin province, northern China, was working on explosives designed for blast fishing when […]
Mercedes Supercar Recreated from 10,000 Pieces of Scrap Metal
Three German friends set out to recreate one of the most impressive cars ever made – Mercedes 300 SLR ‘Uhlenhaut Coupe’ – out of pieces of scrap metal. It’s not drivable, but their replica is definitely easy on the eyes. Armin Ciesielski, Peter Brakel and Walter Willer, three friends working at a German company called Giganten aus […]
The Mechanical Animals of Chris Cole
American artist Chris Cole uses scrap metal parts to explore the border between nature and industry, by creating unique mechanical creatures. As a young boy, Chris grew up in the American Northwest, surrounded by an abundance of wildlife that later influenced his art. At the same time, he always had a passion for all things […]
The Scrap Metal Sculptures of Edouard Martinet
French artist Edouard Martinet transforms metal pieces found at flea markets and car-boot sales into beautiful works of art. Using a series of common metallic objects, from rusted kitchen pans, to old typewriter keys and car lights, Martinet manages to create intricate sculptures of fish, reptiles and insects. Without any soldering or welding whatsoever, the […]
The Steampunk Orchestra of Doctor Evermore
Long before ‘steampunk’ was even a word, Tom Every was creating bizarre scrap metal sculptures, inside Dr. Evermore’s Scrap Metal Yard. Located on Highway 12, in Wisconsin, Dr. Evermore’s Scrap Metal yard features a wide variety of strange metal creatures, from the famous Forevertron, the largest scrap metal sculpture in the world, to the steampunk […]