Video: Iron Horse, robots and others. Steel steampunk paper sculptures
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
With the work of an American artist and sculptor Phillip Valdez we already met once. Then it was about masquerade masks, made only of paper, but so talented that the queen herself would not refuse to appear at the ball in one of them. These products are rightfully called works of art, but other works of this author are no less masterpieces. Philip Valdez turns cardboard and paper in … metal, and creates amazing robots and other figures from this material steampunk … In general, the traditional material for sculptures in this style is antique-processed bronze. But in the case of Philip Valdez, all this is unnecessary convention. In his hands, cardboard and paper seem to be reborn, turning into sheet metal. And then it’s a matter of technology. Does an experienced sculptor know what to do to make, for example, a retro steam train Iron Horse from "bronze"? moreover, to do it so as not to miss the slightest detail, not the tiniest wheel, gear, button …
This artist's second passion is Victorian-style steampunk robots, also made of paper. And by the name "robots" we mean several varieties of steel mechanical creatures. In the collection of Philippe Valdez, there are both standard lop-legged and two-handed robots of the old model, as well as something like an excavator with legs. A formidable robot fighter that can demolish everything in its path does not look so intimidating if you remember that it is a baby, and even made of paper. Even if it looks like real metal.
You can admire these and other works of the master on his creative website.
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