Thursday, October 7, 2010

Junk into Art


Creativity from without.  What is it…?  It is thinking outside of the box and being able to come up with something fantastic in your imagination.  While searching online about someone to blog about, I stumbled upon an artist.  His name is Joe Pogan he is a sculptor.  He has a very interesting way of creating art.
He likes to collect pieces of scrap metal and make masterpieces out of them.  Pogan’s pieces are so intriguing and eye catching.  They are something that you would never see anywhere else. The whole sculpture is like an I spy game, there are so many items that are put into making one piece that it makes the whole sculpture so interesting.  Pogan definitely uses his imagination to the fullest when it comes to his works.  He specializes in creating animals out of scrap metal. By the time he is done its no longer considered scrap metal, it is truly art. 
 I create animal sculptures using various "found metal" objects like old watches, sprockets, nuts and bolts. The stranger the piece of metal the better, since the end goal is an eye-catching, fascinating amalgamation of metal with odd nooks and crannies you can explore for hours.” He has much passion in what he does as an artist and loves every second of it.  He makes theses sculptures for the pleasure of others in hoping they will find the same enjoyment out of them that he does.
Here is Pogans Website that shows many more amazing sculptures like the one shown below. http://www.joepogan.com/home.html

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