With so much waste in the world today, it's no wonder that some of us are thinking about recycling, particularly hard to come by resources such as solid metal.  It can last for so long, it just needs to be reconditioned into something that we can truly appreciate for either its use or beauty.

Imagine how much quality metal is thrown to the rubbish tip each day that will not break down in the soil quickly and that costs a small fortune to replace, such as fence posts, that could be recycled.

In and around Mudgee we have a number of artists that just love to get their hands on some old junk and re-use it as furniture, lamps, garden sculptures, tools, fences or gates and sometimes melt it down and re-cast it.

Over the next few months, we'd like to introduce some of our local artists and their handiwork - enjoy!

                                                                                         April 2012

 
For more info see
Peter Brooks' Blog

Peter started life as a mechanical engineer, worked for some years at the ABC with the likes of Billy Hunter and James Sherman, and then turned his hand to ceramic arts under the patronage of Franco Belgiorno-Nettis (patron of NSW Art Gallery).

These days he is very environmentally aware as well as artistically creative and likes to recycle scrap waste into extremely useful and attractive pieces of art.

Peter has won many prizes for his waste-to-art creations, often in the form of sculptures made entirely from knives, forks and spoons - as is evident in this magnificent four foot horse statue (left)

His creations are extremely imaginative and practical, like his multi-plated bbq made from steel washing machine drums (perfect for ventilation), plough disks and swivelling shovel heads (that allow perfect temperature control).

Peter's front gate is made entirely from recycled metals including horse shoes and spoons and some years back made it into The Womens Weekly magazine.

Another of his gates, is made almost entirely from old metal wheels from horse-drawn buggies, sulkies and farm machinery parts.

Over the years Peter's work has featured  in The Womens Weekly, POL Magazine, Home Made Homes publication, many galleries, churches and chambers.

Peter's work is not available for sale.