THE RUSTY STUFF

Assemblage by Benita Murray. Antique Tin exhibition at the east Gippsland Art Gallery, here.


I never get tired of the rusty stuff ! Benita Murray's work caught my attention after I had been browsing through many images of heavy masculine sculpture. Her work is more feminine than most of the metal art one sees, probably because she incorporates the heart motif which does seem to 'soften' many of her pieces.

Another assemblage from Benita Murray's exhibition , Antique Tin.

Benita creates assemblages using rusted sheet iron, tin fragments, steel mesh and twisted cables and rods.

"To be honest, I fell into using the rusty stuff because I love hanging around old farm tips: the ones with great piles of rusted metal built up over generations’ - Benita Murray

Scrap metal architectural panels by John Unger. Website, here.

Junk wall by Schultz. See here.

Queen of Heaven (Shrine to La Virgen de Guadalupe) by Hope Swann. Website here.

Liberated Flow by Frank Strunk. Website here.


Inner City Found Object Assemblage by Don Pezzano. See Don's Etsy Shop here and blog here.

Rusty. Photograph by Jurek Durczak. Flickr photostream here.

Rusty Sculpture. Photo taken by Steve Benway. Flickr photostream here.

Pipe Vase with insulator flowers by PaulaArt. See Paula's Etsy Shop here and blog here.

Fish sculpture by Murray Ambler. See Sculpture on the Edge, here.