hope, BY martin horspool

A tiny girl robot, 'Hope' was named after a Facebook competition to name the wee mite. Martin's cousin named her as she had twins who were very premature over ten years ago.
The sculpture is approx. 20 cm high with a plastic dome cover from a carrage clock . The base is a cake tin and a round disc from a 60s Electrolux vacuum. Her feet are vintage car keys. legs are from vintage clock mechanism. Skirt is an old oil can and body is retro tin for sticking plasters. Arms are gas cooker cleaning tools and head is 60's push bike back light unit. Skirt brackets are made from 50's typewriter parts and her hair is salvage from several old radios.

This beautiful piece is being auctioned on Trade Me, closing on 17 November (World Prematurity Day). View the auction here.  
 

About Martin

Martin Horspool is one of the few people lucky enough to be able to visualize personalities, hidden in disused household objects. The development of these personalities involves some grinding, drilling and riveting, until a creation is formed, from a pile of rusting parts. Horspool, a Welshman, attended Art colleges in Wrexham and Liverpool, where his passion for 1950’s and 60’s industrial design originated. Now living the dream in New Zealand, his search for objects has become an obsession for him and his collection of discarded paraphernalia becomes the catalyst for the creation process.

The self confessed urban gypsy collects from kerb sides, car boots, markets, scrap yards, antique shops, auction houses and has stock piled a collection of components to make any magpie jealous. Most Robot sculptures contain original pieces from the 50s and 60s and he finds it important for people to recognise the individual components that make up each one.

He has had sell out exhibitions in New Zealand and New York, with sales to collectors in London, New York, Europe and Japan.

For more information head to www.buggyrobot.com and www.facebook.com/buggyrobotcom