Where Art Meets Technology: Electronic Component Sculpture

I'm always astounded and delighted at the creativity which surrounds us in everything we do, if we take a little time, a little joyfulness, and a little playfulness to explore. 

Electronics is a wonderful springboard into creativity, with fruitful connections to the arts, lighting, sound scapes, movement & dance, drama and theatre, and even sculpture!

Check out these wonderful pieces, built by various artists, photographers, sculptors, makers, and hobbyists.  

Why not give it a go?  Parts are plentiful and cheap.  You can take apart some old electronics junk, or hunt for some in a nearby charity shop or car boot sale.  Pliers, a soldering iron, a bit of hot glue, and some ingenuity, and you too can create some beautiful pieces!

If you give it a go, send us what you've come up with!

Enjoy the Gallery!  Most of the pieces shown below are by Lenny & Meriel, some are by Simon Robert, and there are some more astounding creations in the Credits & Further Reading section below!

Oh, and please do visit the links of the original creators, posted in the section below -- they have a lot more to share about their work, their ideas, and how they think about their art.

Credits, Sources, & More!

• Lenny & Meriel: Sparebots   What are spare bots?  Lenny inspires an equation:  Spare bots = Spare bits + Time | 176 photos, 100K+ views | 
• Simon Robert: Video of 5 of his creations | Instructable on how to create your own
• Kelly Heaton: "a mama bird with her baby in a nest", winning entry from Hackaday's contest | Electronic Naturalism and Bird-song.  Kelly Heaton is an artist (Yale, 1994) and electrical engineering (MIT, 2000)
• Gislain Benoit - The Clock - 1,900+ discrete components soldered together over 3 years into a free-form working clock sculpture weighing over 14 lbs.
• Hackaday Contest in Free-Form Sculpture: these don't just look beautiful, they actually work! 
• L.E.D. Zeppelin, get it?  |  PInterest page with many more electronic component sculptures | Instructable on how to create several such sculptures
• Saatchi Art Gallery - Electronics Sculptures you could buy, some quite pricey