Mechanical Animals: 36 Steampunk Sculptures & Robots Article by SA Rogers, filed under Gadgets & Geekery in the Technologycategory

Mechanical Animals: 36 Steampunk Sculptures & Robots

Article by SA Rogers






Bones and metal parts are fused together to create the skeletons of bizarre bionic animals straight out of science fiction. Beetles’ wings are spread to reveal complex arrangements of gears. Robotic creatures walk, run and slither just like their living counterparts. These 36 mechanical animals by 11 artists are sometimes nightmarish but undeniably fascinating to view.


Metal Sculptures by Jessica Joslin


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Combining animal bones and discarded scrap metal into stunningly intricate sculptures, Jessica Joslin has created a zoo of surreal steampunk creatures. Though Joslin once sourced the skeletons herself, largely from roadkill, she now purchases the bones from certified dealers. Gas lamps, radiators, chandelier parts and light fittings are among the detritus that are transformed into headdresses, ornate costumes and other details for the sculptures.
Steampunk Taxidermy by Lisa Black


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New Zealand artist Lisa Black combines the preserved remains of animals with machinery like sewing machine parts and clock gears to create bizarre hybrid creatures. Black’s artist statement explains, “Her work is a reflection of our undeniable technological progression; seeing animals with carefully integrated mechanical additions encourages us to reassess how we define ‘natural’. By creating beauty within this supposed paradox, she challenges the concept of a world separated into the ‘sacrosanct’ natural and ‘vulgar’ industrial.”
Theo Jansen’s Wind Powered Sculpture


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At 2010’s Exeter Summer Festival in England, a massive mechanical animal sculpture actually walked around on the beach – with the use of wind power. Theo Jansen, a Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor known for his large works resembling skeletons, created ‘strandbeest’ out of scrap plastic tubing and water bottles. Jansen has displayed similar sculptures at many other festivals and events over the years.
Gleaming Metal Animals by Andrew Chase


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Fully automated and strikingly complex, Andrew Chase’s metal sculptures recreate animal biology with reclaimed metal like automobile and plumbing parts. The elephant can lower its trunk up and down, the giraffe’s neck rises and, with the magic of stop-motion animation and Chase’s brilliant mechanics, the cheetah can actually run.
Nemo Gould’s Steampunk Trophy Heads


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An acoustic guitar and a rocking chair became “Acoustapus”, while an electric guitar and an electric jackhammer make up a frightening creature known as “Heavy Metal”. Other metallic steampunk ‘trophy heads’ by Nemo Gould incorporate garden trowels, parts of a golf caddy cart, salad spoons and vacuum cleaners.
Les Machines de I’lle Nantes




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In 2008, the French city of Nantes became home to an imposing collection of machine-inspired animal sculptures by François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice. Manta Rays, squid and sea monsters with chilling blue eyes are fitted with all manner of mechanical parts, and each of these creatures is actually a moving vehicle. Most impressive of all is Le Grand Elephant, a 36-foot-tall sculpture weighing more than 40 tons.
The Mondo Spider


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This amazing mechanical spider was built in 2005 and 2008 and has toured such events as Burning Man. The 8-legged arachnid was originally powered by a Honda V-twin engine and a system of hydraulic pumps and motors, but got a zero-emission makeover in 2010.
Mike Libby’s Steampunk Insects


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Mike Libby dissects beautiful insect and arachnid specimens and replaces their innards with watch parts. Scorpions, beetles, spiders and butterflies are among the creepy-crawly creatures that have gotten the steampunk treatment for his series, Insect Lab.
Rideable Mechanical Tiger by Kezanti


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Not only is this mechanical tiger a jaw-dropping metal representation of a tiger’s anatomy – it’s also rideable. The robotic giant cat actually walks (albeit very loudly, with the use of motors).
Metal Insects & More by Edouard Martinet


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Radio antennae, hair pins, electrical fans and bike brakes: all of these parts went into the shrimp in the top photo, made by artist Eduoard Martinet. The sculptor gathers up unwanted materials and pieces them into carefully crafted, imaginative little critters that strikingly resemble the real thing.
Incredibly Lifelike Robot Snakes


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Cool snake robots like this one, built by Dr. Gavin Miller, are not just being developed for fun – they could eventually be used to disable explosives. Miller’s series of robotic snakes move in a way that’s stunningly similar to real snakes; his latest prototype is equipped with motion and range sensors.

Retro Robot Art: Pseudo-Victorian & Steampunk Gallery Article by Angie, filed under Vintage & Retro in the Technology category

Architecture, Art, Design & Built Environments

Retro Robot Art: Pseudo-Victorian & Steampunk Gallery

Article by Angie, filed under Vintage & Retro in the Technology category





These creative technological inventions have a streak of steampunk, robots built into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical fantasy. Retro art, these modded vintage gadgets merge the modern day world with that of Jules Verne. Here is a sci-fi retro-vision with as many steampunk-kissed elements as we could find over a wide arrange of robot sculptures, somewhere between domo arigato Mr. Roboto and Kilroy. This was junk repurposed to a more grand design, constructed into steampunkesque robot art.

Robot Love and Professor Portly




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Awww, robot love. If you love robots, here is a mishmash of robots and robot-like sculptures with a steampunkesque flavor. Brenda and Commander Cupcake look cute together, but their creator says, “she will make his life a living hell. Brenda was born to be bad.” On the bottom is “Professor Portly, The Endlessly Curious Seeker Of Wisdom And Truth.” What is the truth about these robots? Tinkerers repurposed old parts, sometimes mixing technology, brass, clockwork, chrome and many other things into a Victorian mod theme of robot sculptures.
Guy + Gal + Bong = Baby Bot


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What do you get when you have a guy robot and introduce him to a gal robot? Toss in a steampunked bong and tada, baby robot. All are handcrafted, from using paper to using bits and pieces of metal rescued from a trash heap. There are times when something that has been destroyed and discarded comes back in a stronger form and better than ever.
Woof


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This little dog is downright cute and requires no walking and no buying dog food. These robot-like sculptures take hours, weeks and sometimes even months to complete. Yet the end design can sometimes be playful like “Woof.”
Punked


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Steampunky-inspired artists can put their incredible imaginations to work and produce science fiction magic. The robot angel comes complete with a halo, a bizarre combo. The apocalyptic robot on the upper right has leather, bronze and copper tubing with a straight-up steampunk style. Rust and gears are another popular steampunk style for robots. The robot sculpture “Vesuvius” on the bottom right is an assemblage robot.
Bot


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This little steampunk guy is “Dr. Hamilton Beach.” He comes complete with rivets, glasses, and gears. Nice touches to be sure, but a quick browse through Tinkerbot’s photostream and you will see many more steampunk little robots.
Robot Art






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These whimsical free-standing robot sculptures are class ‘A’ cool. Creator Lawrence Northey collects odd bits of information about unexplained phenomena. He says they are something called “ooparts” – peculiar objects of an old scientific measure that somehow appear to be modern. With this out-of-time technology, Northey constructs a fantastic world of robot statues. Then he puts in 99% perspiration of the Edison equation variety. He sometimes spends weeks polishing each individual piece until he achieves the finishes he wants.
Boxy


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These robots are a product of creative retro-vision, most made with antique parts. With such names as “Max, Edison and Benton,” their boxy bodies are very cool in a happy way like this is the kind of robot you want in the future interacting with your kids. Mike Rivamonte is the creator of most of these boxy bots and slew more on his site. The future meets the past with just a dash of The Time That Never Happened, robot-like spacemen capable of flight and mischief.
Steampunk Robotics


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This little in-depth fella was created completely from vintage scraps. It is why every hacked mod, turned into a robot sculpture, is unique. The end result shows what one man, or woman, tosses out as nothing but junk can then land into the hands of a man who uncovers the treasure it was meant to be.
Retro Robots


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The robot on the left is shiny and it lights up, so we like it. On the right is a product of artist Nemo Gould. Gould’s creations “reflect the images and mythology of comic books and science fiction.”
Pirate


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This robot is titled: “Steampunk Robot Zombie Ninja Pirate Action Doll.” That is quite a great deal to live up to, but it is fully articulated and pose-able. He can be made to fish, to fight or just to snarl at the world. It is a metal creation by Matt Norris.
Wooden Steampunk-Styled Robot


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Michael T. Rea designed and built this life-sized steampunk-styled robot, mixing his science fiction idea with the reality of wood. Rea calls it “A Prosthetic Suit For Stephen Hawking.”
Reto Lego / Victorian / Steampunk


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This is an example of mixing steampunk style and Lego. It’s called, “Robot Tune Up Lab.” Click from the image credits to get a bigger view of all the detail of Tesla’s Workshop and little steampunked Lego men.
Cyborg, Clyclops, Clockwork


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On the top left is a foot-tall Steampunk Cylon sculpture. The robot at the top right is called a “Steampunk Mech.” It was made of all paper put together with glue, stands 11 inches tall, and it took about 30 hours to complete. On the bottom left is a Victorian robot, called “Pharos Cyclops.” The robot on the bottom right is tagged as Neo-Victorian and clockwork. It is titled, “Steampunk Robot Clockwork Man 2.”
Steampunk Robot Art


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Steampunk robot art is sometimes paper carefully crafted, glued and spray-painted. At other times, these sci-fi robots are digitally created with masterful results.
Other Mechanical Robotish


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Clockwork spiders seem to be a popular creature in the robot sculpture culture, but elephants are very rare. That unusual elephant sculpture was made with reclaimed materials, sculptured by Andrew Chase. It weighs about 110 pounds and took about 100 hours to build. It is made out of auto transmission parts, electrical conduit, plumbing pipe and 20 gauge cold-rolled steel. Even the ears move. The 4 inch tarantula is made with brass and steel gears, parts, and springs.
Assorted Oddness


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Stehpane Halleux blends cartoons and steampunk style for her creations such as the alien robot sculpture. Tinkerers toil away the hours and then add that kiss of steampunk to their sculptures. Best of all is that most are made from recycled “junk.” The end products range from cylons made from copper and brass to little bots made of leather and metal.
Large Scale Representative


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The “Representative” is a large scale robot figure with a Victorian accent. It was created for a film called “Land of Lost” by Nemo Gould aka nemomatic. Gould crafted his robot from a boat motor, film editing machine, grill, lamps, golf caddy cart, oven pan, vacuum cleaners, bike wheel, motorcycle parts, garlic presses, teapot, typewriter, tape deck, motors, LED lights, microphone, and speakers. It’s not only cool, but also a masterpiece of repurposed parts.
Steampunkesqu Aqua Explorers


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Some steampunk flavored “robots” are created for underwater adventures. Again we visit an amazing steampunk cartoonish robot by animator and sculptor Stephane Halleux. “Retro Tech” is what the bottom left is tagged. It is called “BIG FISH Walker Biped ExAqua Exploratory Copper Machine Vehicle All Wood Replica Statue.”

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Futuristic Sculpture: Robot Statues and Found Creations

Architecture, Art, Design & Built Environments
Futuristic Sculpture: Robot Statues and Found Creations

Article by Marc, filed under Sculpture & Craft in the Art category






Humans love to anthropomorphize robots, and whether we make them gigantic and towering, or small and decorative, there’s an appeal to their futuristic styling and human-esque forms. Many artists use robots as their subject matter, creating them out of metal or found objects, and creating wonderful sculptures. Here are some of the coolest robot sculptures around:


Giant Robots


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The terrifying future foretold in B movies and comic books, filled with rampaging robots crushing cars and destroying buildings, is a fun image for the entertainment industry. There’s something appealing about creating monuments so much larger than ourselves. Japan is at the forefront of giant robot building, but there are contenders around the world. Check out this video of Japanese workers putting together one such statue:



Future Tech


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Robot sculptures are often visions of future technology that it’s within our grasp to conceptualize, but not yet create. Mixed into this future tech are some wacky creations, like walking vending machines and eerily realistic robot faces.
Found Creations


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Found objects are perfect for creating homemade robots, both because the wear and tear makes them seem authentic, and that odd bits and pieces create an eclectic anthropomorphized look. For decorative purposes, you can’t go wrong welding together all the doodads and metal scrap lying around your garage.
Robot Faces


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A robots face is often created in the image of a human likeness, and artists like to explore our desire to create machine versions of ourselves through their work. The subject is often clearly machine, made out of clunky bolts and non functional decorative pieces, but they can also have incredibly detailed human features.
Robots in Culture


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The entertainment industry is chock full of robots, so it’s natural that artists would exploit this interest by creating miniature (still human-sized) versions of beloved characters. Transformer characters are quite popular, but I’m equally impressed by the alien creation that looks like it came straight out of a mech version of Ridley Scott’s popular film.
Art Exhibits


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Even art exhibits are getting their share of robotic pieces. Whether created simply for aesthetic reasons, or as a comment on our technology driven and obsessed culture, there’s no denying the appeal of some of these intricate designs.
Mechanical Animals


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One day its quite possible our furry friends will be replaced with fully automated replacements that don’t need their daily walks or visits to the vet, and that you can count on being around as long as you are. In celebration of this possible future, and also out of clear visual appeal, some artists concentrate their work on creating animals out of machine parts, found, or fabricated.
Miniature Beauty


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This fully articulated mini robot is gorgeous and fully articulated. Its creator, Mark Ho, fashioned this creation over a 6 year period at his workshop in the Netherlands

Robots reciclados con almas en proceso de construcción

 

imágenes de la exposición ``El Viaje´´ La Polivalente
11 de enero de 2019