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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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Kiwīī
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How is anyone this creative? And where do you get all that metal??

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    Kiwīī
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    4 years ago Created 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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    Kiwīī
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    4 years ago Created 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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    Kiwīī
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    4 years ago Created 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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    Kiwīī
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    4 years ago Created 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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    Kiwīī
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The wittle owl is so adowabwle! I want to s q u i s h .

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    Annelise
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brain seeing this like:*horsehorsehorsehorsehorse*

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    just your average introvert
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    4 years ago Created 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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    Noah-It-All
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe that is a squid. It is gorgeous.

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    Kiwīī
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    4 years ago Created 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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    Andrew Gibb
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    4 years ago Created 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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    Andrew Gibb
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    4 years ago Created 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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    Lia Levy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I honestly thought that was real :0

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    Noah-It-All
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pinocchio called, he said he wants you back, Jiminy.

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    Peggy Perry
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Put that out in the garden and see if anybody jumps...

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    Miles
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kraken! so cool. i would love to have this

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    Andrew Gibb
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This must have been put together using lifting equipment

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    Demongrrrrl
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I had this guy's imagination. And talent. Sigh.

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    Sofiia Melnikova
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im a simple woman, I see dragon, i upvote

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