Most artists don’t like their works to be contaminated with too much copper smell, so as not to lose the independence of creation, but they cannot be completely isolated from business (otherwise, how will they live?), Australian artist Michael Moerkerk used one Copper plates form various spherical installation arts, which should be called the most "money-flavored" art creation XDDD
If you study Moerkerks background carefully, you will be surprised that he did not receive formal art education. According to him, he only took a one-day welding class thirty years ago. All other creative skills came from YouTube, such as carpentry, photography, etc., and he was almost all self-taught. With such a self-taught talent, it’s no wonder that just by cleaning the garage and discovering copper pipes left over from previous renovations, inspiration flew from nowhere, prompting him to cut the copper pipes into rings. Made into spheres, he started his career in metal creation.
Moerkerks creative material andNot limited to coins, but also keys, and the finished products are not just spheres, but also wine glasses, water bottles, lamps, and even dolphins and nude female statues. Perhaps speaking to himself, his early works may have been a bit immature, but as he mastered the techniques, his works became more and more creative.
