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Artist Ivan Lovatt makes sculptures of famous faces using nothing but
chicken wire
An artist has recreated the faces of music legends the Beatles, Michael Jackson
and Jimi Hendrix (above) using nothing but chicken wire.
The lifelike pieces
each take more than a month to create by painstakingly twisting and pinning the
wire into shape
To date, artist Ivan Lovatt has built up quite a collection of famous faces -
from musicians to entertainers and explorers. Here Ivan stands next to one of
his favourite sculptures, Mount Everest hero Sir Edmund Hillary
One sculpture, of musician Bob Dylan, is modelled in such exquisite detail you
can almost see every hair on his head
Another is the spitting image of Dame Edna Everage and shows the
larger-than-life entertainer in her trademark wacky glasses
Mr Lovatt, who lives in the Gold Coast Hinterland, Australia, with his wife,
April, and son, James, said his art was time consuming but satisfying. He
explained: "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. I then started using the wire to sculpt wildlife and as my
skills developed I was drawn to the challenge of portrait sculpture". Ivan
Lovatt with his sculpture of Andy Warhol
According to Mr Lovatt, the 'average' sculpture is one and half times larger
than life size but they can measure up to an impressive 14 feet. And the largest
of his pieces can be made of up to a staggering 820 feet of chicken wire.
Pictured: Albert Einstein
Mr Lovatt said he preferred modelling people who had a great deal of character
in their faces as well as big beards and extravagant hairstyles. Pictured:
Michael Jackson
Mr Lovatt became a professional sculptor six years ago and since then his
extraordinary work has been snapped up by galleries and museums all over the
world. Pictured: The Beatles
Grace Jones
John Lennon
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