Spanner Art

[Mel Larsen]

A fried if mine sent me a email of some art work in Australia.  I thought if some of you have some extra spanner you don't know what to do with, this would give you some ideas.

[leg17]

I'd hate to think there was something collectible hidden in there somewhere.

[fflintstone]

I have a fair amount of tools that were burned in fire #1 that I plan on turning into metal sculpture some day.

[mvwcnews]

( http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=9706.0 ) is another peek at Mr. Piccoli's story. ( http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=9857 ) is a third.

[OilyRascal]

Very interesting use of tools and art.  I have several "broken" wrenches to the side because I want a "shop cart" that is made of them.  I didn't read the "back story", but would be interesting to know if there was a "cull factor" in the selection of tools used.  I really struggle with the notion of taking a good tool and re-purposing it in such a way.  The quantity/volume appears high.  It seems the tool's value would/should always be greater in the context of it's purpose/intended use.    I think of the money to be made with a $1 wrench, .25 socket, $9 tape measure,  $10 hand saw, a $1 screwdriver, or even with a #2 school-boy pencil alone.  Without reliable tools to do my job I would be in crisis.

Then you consider.............. what if its some of the foreign junk out of the pawn shops.

[lauver]

Very interesting use of tools and art.  I have several "broken" wrenches to the side because I want a "shop cart" that is made of them.  I didn't read the "back story", but would be interesting to know if there was a "cull factor" in the selection of tools used.  I really struggle with the notion of taking a good tool and re-purposing it in such a way.  The quantity/volume appears high.  It seems the tool's value would/should always be greater in the context of it's purpose/intended use.    I think of the money to be made with a $1 wrench, .25 socket, $9 tape measure,  $10 hand saw, a $1 screwdriver, or even with a #2 school-boy pencil alone.  Without reliable tools to do my job I would be in crisis.

Then you consider.............. what if its some of the foreign junk out of the pawn shops.

Oily-- I agree with you about using good tools for art. Foreign tools from the pawn shops would be more appropriate for art.