Stunning Sculptures Created with 12 Inch Nails
Artist John Bisbee has spent nearly 30 years using nails as his sole medium to create stunning large-scale ... 12-Inch Nails Turned Into Stunning Sculptures. John Bisbee has spent nearly 30 years welding and forging 12-inch nails into amazing works of sculptural work. He hammered, bent, welded or fastened those nails together and create geometric sculptures, organic installations, and unwieldy objects. When asked why choose nails as medium, Bisbee shared with American Craft “Only nails, always different. A nail, like a line, can and will do almost anything. What can’t you draw with a line? The nail is just my line.” To check more of his work, check
The story goes that his fascination with nails began when he was
scavenging for metal parts to use in his sculptures. He upturned a
bucket of rusted nails, noticing that they retained the shape of the
bucket they were in. This fascinated him, and he spent the next 3
decades exploring his newly discovered medium!
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