American artist John Bisbee produces fascinating, intricate sculptures using only forged and welded, hammered, bent and twisted nails.
Despite the industrial construction methods and use of a traditionally hard, inflexible source material, Bisbee creates pieces that have amazing fluidity and sense of natural form.
Welding is a powerful, strong join that allows the creation of large-scale, dramatic installations. Combined with twisting and bending it enables the creation of both strong geometric and subtly fluid shapes.
Bisbee’s recent work and gallery are inspirational and a selection of my favourite pieces are below.
In terms of my own work, I would like to take inspiration from Bisbee’s work to explore the use of unusual materials and more challenging joining techniques.
Tesselation phage, (c) John Bisbee
Coils (C) John Bisbee
(c) John Bisbee