Martin Horspool

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Martin Horspool

NZ Creative Upcycler - Auckland

"Recycled retrobots, created from the broken and the lost"

Martin Horspool is one of the few people lucky enough to be able to visualize personalities, hidden in disused household objects.
The development of these personalities involves some grinding, drilling and riveting, until a creation is formed, from a pile of rusting parts.Horspool, a Welshman, attended Art colleges in Wrexham and Liverpool, where his passion for 1950's and 60's industrial design originated.
Now living the dream in New Zealand, his search for objects has become an obsession for him and his collection of discarded paraphernalia becomes the catalyst for the creation process.
The self confessed urban gypsy collects from kerb sides, car boots, markets, scrap yards, antique shops, auction houses and has stock piled a collection of components to make any magpie jealous.
Most Robots contains original pieces from the 50s and 60s and he finds it important for people to recognise the individual components that make up each one.
  Auckland


Collection

 > Artist's Full Collection 
  • Clipper Upcycled Robot.
  • The Nightwatchman upcycled clock.
  • Nobby: Necklace
  • Bling Thorn: Necklace
  • Ray Gun
  • Zuki. Upcycled Robot
  • Sanyo Smith Robot
  • Mrs Stephens. Robot
  • Enox the Kiwi. Robot