Andrew Chase is a sculptor in his spare time, and is a commercial photographer and has a career as a furniture maker in Salt Lake City, where he also lives with his family and cats. Andrew is an assembly artist who creates metal sculptures created from recycled car and plumbing parts, and takes 80-120 hours from start to finish.
Cheetah is a piece of metal sculpture that Chase has created, weighing almost 50 pounds. The construction is made up of many different transmission parts, steel and electrical conduits that he reclaimed. This piece is completely mobile and offers each joint the possibility of creating a new position. With green eyes staring into the abyss, Cheetah is a magnificent creature brought to life by the skillful hands of Andrew Chase.
Elephant is another piece of fantastic metal sculpture created by Chase. With movable ears, this African elephant weighs 110 pounds and took nearly 100 hours to create. Made from cold rolled steel, plumbing pipes, as well as transmission parts and electrical conduits, the elephant’s joints will move and lock in place. A gear on the side winds a small cable that allows the trunk to be raised and lowered for your enjoyment. Sitting, standing or angry on the hindquarters, Elephant is a tribute to the beauty of what can be created when the joint meets reclaimed materials.
Andrew Chase created Giraffe from sheet steel, transmission parts, plumbing pipes, and conduit to allow for realistic movement. A removable crank allows the neck to be raised, while raising the tail will lower the neck. Each joint is movable and will lock into place for positioning, while her blue eyes stare at you in wonder. The recycled gears and gears work together to create another metal sculpture masterpiece.
Andrew Chase offers his works for sale via the Internet and also accepts commissioned pieces. One particular gallery contains these three pieces, and they can be contacted about their purchase. With so many wonderful pieces of exquisite art created from a variety of metal sculpting media, choosing one can be a difficult task. Andrew has many years of welding and furniture building to assist him in the highly talented and impressive collections he has created over the years. Throughout his career as a photographer, Chase has been in contact with many creatures that exhibited a trait or expression that he still retains to this day. Inspiration for his carefully crafted metal sculptures comes not only from the photographs he has taken, but from the depths of his heart where the creatures still have fun.
The next time you come across a sheet of metal, an old transmission, or see a plumbing job being finished, Andrew Chase will come to mind. His medium is chosen by taking some of the least recycled materials and giving them new life through his art. These pieces would make any collector proud to own them and add new life to any collection.