Video: Toy sculptures - "Frankenstein" by Robert Bradford (Robert Bradford)
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When we say toy, we do not mean small. Not at all - these sculptures by a British artist Robert Bradford, two or even three times the size of an ordinary toy - a doll, a toy soldier, a toy car. And sometimes their size even reaches human height. Why so big, you ask? And the fact is that in order to create one such sculpture, the author needs a whole mountain of ordinary, small toys. For the first time, Robert began collecting toys from toys in 2004, when he came across a large box on the mezzanine with his own, old and broken toys, with which he spent all his childhood. He wanted to revive old friends, and he did not think of anything better how to "glue" them together, giving the variegated details the shape of a large, strange dog. Apparently, he didn't have a dog in childhood …
Surprisingly, people liked the artist's strange "Frankensteins" so much that they began to order products from their own toys, or even from other available materials: combs, clothespins, parts from household appliances. Moreover, most often it is animals that are ordered, and it is in full growth. Probably, not only Robert Bradford spent his childhood without a pet …
To create one such toy dachshund, spaniel or poodle, an author needs from one to several thousand small toys. The result is a multi-colored, sometimes ugly, but still very funny work. It is not for nothing that people like the work of this artist, therefore, there is something in it …
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