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Brighton-based UK artist Alan Williams is a sculptor who is well-known for his ability to bend and handle metal that one would simply consider junk or scrap. Using recycled scraps, Alan creates some very incredible and detailed and mostly animal-themed sculptures. For the most part, though, his creative exploration began when he was still but a child. He started making fantastic hybrid creatures using old toys and a tube of glue.

The artist’s sculptures vastly vary in size, as some of the sculptures are more than life-sized and all of them are hand-made in his workshop garage. Most of his work revolves around making octopuses in various sizes, but Alan mostly makes them based on commissions, though he hopes to someday make one for himself too.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like a Jellyfish and Eagle hybrid. I would buy this the second I saw it.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The poor octopus is burning in the sun :O ! Maybe that's how it got that georgeous ombre tan.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, it's so beautiful! I like to collect random stuff I get on road trips, so I've collect a lot of metal art, but have never seen this kind of ombre before! Very talented.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The amount of effort and patience it would take to weld every single tiny metal bit together- I could not.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

quickly searches "how to tell if its a crocodile or alligator" it looks super cool tho- I just can never find the diffrence

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Ow-ow-ow-wooooooooooo!" Nah, it's more like "I'm going to viciously devour you." Still cute tho!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Better to see this than one that has been killed as a trophy

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hard on the outside, soft in the middle- armadillo. soft on the outside, crunchy in the middle....Dime bar

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