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Hubcap Creature Art Is Inmate-Approved

Those hubcaps scattered on the side of the road are no longer being collected by felons, but rather people who are debatably just as bad: artists. Hubcap Creatures is an art project that that takes those forlorn, castoff discs and transforms them into creatures ready to... Eat the souls of automobiles! Or something of that sort.

The artist behind all this is selling the creations and prices begin at $300 and go to upwards of $1,000, depending on the complexity of the piece and, we figure, the quality of hubcap (Wal-Mart versus BMW). My favorite is the Ford butterfly fish. He's so cute, yet so devilish. [Hubcap Creatures via Uncrate]

1:30 PM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Travis Hudson
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79TA at 01:41 PM on 01/25/08
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Perhaps you guys should send someone out to do a big feature on "car henge" in Nebraska.
Neener at 01:42 PM on 01/25/08
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Wow...
banner77amc at 01:50 PM on 01/25/08
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I found the Blue Vauxhall Catfish to be the most disturbing of the art. Also how many Ford Escorts did this guy gank caps from?
Euromobile at 01:55 PM on 01/25/08
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Amazing. How on Earth does someone visualise and then realise something like that?
FLB at 01:55 PM on 01/25/08
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Is that a Bentley hubcap???

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charles_barrett at 01:55 PM on 01/25/08
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Some clever animator needs to bring this menagery to motion on the big screen... oh, and engage Tim Burton to direct, à la Corpse Bride and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
TheMadAdder at 02:05 PM on 01/25/08
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@Euromobile: It's called POT.
Tanshanomi at 02:45 PM on 01/25/08
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Mommy, the artist man scares me!
Turboner at 03:01 PM on 01/25/08
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Sometimes I think there might actually be hope for Humanity. This might be one of those times.
Fiat CinqueBENTO at 03:25 PM on 01/25/08
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I like it! I'd buy one for Casa de bento
charles_barrett at 04:30 PM on 01/25/08
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@TheMadAdder: I suspect that that is one of the secrets to Tim Burton's success... or maybe something a bit stronger and more psychotropic...
Novaload at 05:49 PM on 01/25/08
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And then this cycle can come full-cycle, when these artistries are made to fit on as fanciful hubcaps again.