Marti Wong has been producing paintings and pastel drawings for twenty years but only began taking his artistic skill seriously when he took up scrap metal sculpture five years ago.

He enrolled in a welding course with the view to becoming a tradesman but from the first day he was making his own creations and discovered the joy of transforming scrap into shining metal sculpture. Armed with the knowledge of metallurgy, skills of Iron-mongery and the passion of an artist, he bought his own tools and set up his own workshop. He has been creating, exhibiting and selling his unique metal sculptures ever since.

Inspired by both the natural world and his love of fantasy he uses recycled metal materials and found objects to produce remarkably detailed works, infusing each piece with subtle humour and loads of character. He seems to be able to capture the graceful motion and living essence of his creations in the flick of a fin, the glance of an eye or angle of a leg. Marti enjoys the way his work evolves and derives a great deal of pleasure from creating pieces that surprise and delight. He lives in Hamilton , New Zealand with his partner Kathryn, and his two sons, Leo and Sam.

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