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    Got this one in an email the other day , too good not to be shared...... I think the gentleman's name is John Piccoli, from the Boort area in Vic.spannerart11.jpgspannerart2.jpgspannerart3.jpgspannerart4.jpgspannerart5.jpgspannerart6.jpgspannerart7.jpgspannerart8.jpgspannerart9.jpgspannerart10.jpgspannerart.jpg

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    The email is going around its a shame John doesn't have a website nor even a computer I spoke to him the other night after finding a document online about him. The amazing thing here is John has Polio is wheelchair bound I have added him to a new blog I created with his permission John Piccoli "The Spanner Man"

    In this article on John there is a short video

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    I also received it. Amazing stuff. At the Waverley Garden Show in the UK in May there were several "statues" of animals made from car parts such as clutch plates. I will try to put the photos on here later.
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    From polio when little to loosing his dad young and having to run the family farm with his mum, what a magnificent man and I like the use of the old spanners....

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    I have seen John scooting around the Bendigo & Ballarat swapmeets buying up boxes of spanners. He told me he welded them up in to sculptures. I never pictured them being of that calibre they are fantastic.
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    As promised, photos from the Waverley Flower Show in the UK in May of this year. This show was about 10 days before Chelsea Flower Show and was quite large.

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    Thanks. That's a fantastic body of work and so very consistently done.

    Don't know if he has a website, see if you can find the Australian "scrapartoz,"
    I've been a great admirer. His works pop up in the Sculpture Community website.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wheelinround View Post
    The email is going around its a shame John doesn't have a website nor even a computer I spoke to him the other night after finding a document online about him. The amazing thing here is John has Polio is wheelchair bound I have added him to a new blog I created with his permission John Piccoli "The Spanner Man"

    In this article on John there is a short video
    A great example of one who has erased the "dis" and marched forward with the ability.

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    What fantastic work!!!

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    Fantastic work and the story of the man behind it is inspirational. Thanks for posting this beer4all.

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