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Bicycle chain sculptures by artist Seo Young Deok, South Korea - Feb 2012
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En-chain-ting Artwork
An artist has recreated a human head in stunning detail - using more than a mile of old bicycle chains.
Talented Seo Young Deok spent a whole year painstakingly welding together the 7.5 feet masterpiece, which costs more than 25,000 pounds.
The creation is just one of an extraordinary collection made from chains that the Korean artist has bought or found discarded.
His other works include a human torso which took over two months to complete, and an entire human body, which took twice as long.
Deok said he found inspiration for the head sculpture on a construction site.
He explained: "When nothing crosses my mind I go out with my camera to a crowded place like a market, subway or bus station.
"The sculpture of the head came from a photograph of a manual labourer working at a construction site.
"The muscle above his upper lip was a great detail and I used it in my work."
He added: "Inspiration also comes from Buddhist sculptures and paintings which I have admired since I was very young.
"I like Asian beauty. So most features of my work seem to take on an Asiatic pose.
"I try to express an attitude which is humble and enduring. The Asian spirit is bearing and forbearing, overcoming agony as opposed to escaping from it."
Until now Deok's work has been bought by private collectors, museums, or art foundations.
But this year he will be exhibiting his art for the first time, at Turkish art gallery SODA, in Istanbul.
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