Working with spanners

[beer4all]

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.291018291009291010291011291012291013291014291015291016291017291008

[wheelinround]

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"
(http://wheelnroundworkshop.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/the-spanner-man-john-piccoli.html)
In this article on John there is a short video (http://thecityjournal.net/focus/meet-the-spanner-man/)

[Chesand]

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.

[crowie]

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....

[DSEL74]

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.

[Chesand]

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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[Robson Valley]

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.

[beer4all]

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"
(http://wheelnroundworkshop.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/the-spanner-man-john-piccoli.html)
In this article on John there is a short video (http://thecityjournal.net/focus/meet-the-spanner-man/)

A great example of one who has erased the "dis" and marched forward with the ability.

[artme]

The human spirit and imagination has no boundaries.

What fantastic work!!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[EnR]

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