MARTIENS BEKKER
SCRAP SCULPTURE & RECYLED ART
Clay Worx
While creating some interesting and crazy pieces in South Africa and always constantly looking for anything discarded or thrown away, I met some really creative clay sculptors/potters who always seemed to have a broken piece or two lying around. Like with anything else I thought, “Hmmm..,” and I thought again, “Hmmm.., metal and clay will go well together!” Of course with me, broken things either ‘evolve’ into something entirely different or it get ‘fixed’ in such a way as to highlight the actual ‘fixing’!
Moving to Cornwall brought me to the door of a local potter, Billy Hawkins, who every now and again needs to get rid of some clay.., which appealed to me tremendously!So.., roughly September 2012 I started playing around with clay and found that I just absolutely loved it!I’m not 100% sure where I’m going with this, but I will definitely be doing more!
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The King of Babylon is a combined creation of clay and metal. I ‘allowed’ the head to crack, drilled holes and then stitched it up again!

The Wonderful Owners who came back to Port Isaac to fetch the King!!

The King of Babylon is a combined creation of clay and metal. I ‘allowed’ the head to crack, drilled holes and then stitched it up again!





Clay Sculpture with Recycled Material by Martiens Bekker...


Sculpture by Martiens Bekker combining Clay and recycled materials

Clay Sculpture with Recycled Material by Martiens Bekker...