Artist Ivan Lovatt has recreated these incredible sculptures using galvanised chicken wire.
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"Sculptors are always looking for new media and novel ways to use what is available. I had used chicken wire many times to give structure to other types of sculpture."
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"I then started using the wire to sculpt wildlife and as my skills developed I was drawn to the challenge of portrait sculpture."
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"With creative thinking and some trial and error I have developed a range of techniques which allow me a good deal of expression and versatility."
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Most of his wire portraits take over a month to complete and the 'average' sculpture is about one and a half times larger than life size, measure up to 14 feet. And the largest of his pieces can be made of up to 820 feet of chicken wire.
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"It's very time consuming, but very satisfying."
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Check his website: www.ivanlovattsculpture.com/
Source: dailymail
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"Sculptors are always looking for new media and novel ways to use what is available. I had used chicken wire many times to give structure to other types of sculpture."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9P4DI9KZLuuHp4hy7xqwnKtgVPSPlaSzbNk06CDOuA4nMkmlLXeegD5jexXPVCEj3FUvwFdVHaAqhR5s0_1PTuP9sH_eFOTDptZIXV9kNrIyx6nsDuA784qm_ShyjUpqLaU2ra5diMXa/s1600/04.jpg)
"I then started using the wire to sculpt wildlife and as my skills developed I was drawn to the challenge of portrait sculpture."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_xdUK4erR99d299U7Uqqaetn5g8vNxYCgwJaxxlAzrrsMDn9ZCSlsYGrhqi0yJgd_R5cZSTiJqaym8PC0rjMZs6UNQGr79SNO-WgTMdn2V0bfHRHHj7WIj3IcPXk6eKzBuTYPbt8Du4dK/s1600/03.jpg)
"With creative thinking and some trial and error I have developed a range of techniques which allow me a good deal of expression and versatility."
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Most of his wire portraits take over a month to complete and the 'average' sculpture is about one and a half times larger than life size, measure up to 14 feet. And the largest of his pieces can be made of up to 820 feet of chicken wire.
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"It's very time consuming, but very satisfying."
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Check his website: www.ivanlovattsculpture.com/
Source: dailymail
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