Metals recycled for superlative sculptures are the result of an artist or a designer’s inventive imagination. It’s beyond us to imagine mechanical designs to be buried beneath dreary metal façades, but somehow, the creative ones dig down deep and manage to churn startling figurines out of scrap metal. These metal elephants by Andrew Chase are a paradigm of true detailed conception thereby. Made out of automobile transmission parts, electrical conduit, pipe, rod and sheet steel in about three and a half months’ time, they measure at 36″ X 36″ X 18″ and weigh in at about 85 lbs. The mechanical elephants are more than sculptures, given their maneuverability – all the joints are movable and they lock in place; the ears can move back and forth, while the trunk can be lowered or raised.


All of Andrew’s works are in metal, and all his makes are finely detailed and flawless. This meticulously made mechanic elephant is from the same league to say the least - the elephant is to be a part of Andrew’s “timmy” book, joining other characters that could be seen in the Trionic Morphatractable Engineer article.

Baekdal via: BookofJoe / LikeCool