I met Nemo last spring. He visited the shop and told me that he had made a bike, and he was having a hard time finding a matching pad for his front disc brake. He left the one pad, and a few days later, he rolled in his bike.
The Re:Cycle bike he had sculpted was over 8 feet long. The rotor for the disc caliper was a circular saw blade. The fork was made from aluminum baseball bats. And he had created the rideable aluminum sculpture from just about everything but bike parts. A couple of guys visiting the shop kept saying Nemo, "You should ride that down to Pixar, someone would put that bike in a movie. We are serious."
I thought to myself, "Nemo, every time I see you riding that trick bike down 4th Street, we are all already in a movie."
Now, I am scrolling along in gizmodo, and giz has a post about Nemo's latest two-wheeled art project. You can read more about Nemo's scooter crafted out of old appliances. (Cool bike-inspired art by Nemo after the jump.)
Flip through the pages of his portfolio and check out his sculpture and robots. He has a rare creative talent for composition, proportion, and the incorporation of parts and images related to bicycles in his artwork.
- Materials for Junkyard Dog: Hair clipper, electric drill, cheese slicers, brake levers, teapot spout, magazine rack, furniture casters, spring. (Photo by Larry Strong)
- Materials for Clog: Parts of vacuum cleaner, arm chair, ice cream spoons, bicycle pedal, dining table leg, egg beater. (Photo by Nemo)
- Materials for The Representative: Motor boat motor, film editing machine, grill, lamps, golf caddy cart, oven pan, vacuum cleaners, bike wheel, motorcycle parts, garlic presses, teapot, typewriter, tape deck, motors, LED lights, microphone, speakers. (Photo by Nemo?)
All photos lifted from Nemo's site.
nemomatic.com to boing boing's bbgadgets
gizmodo to wheelgirl
