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Welded Life size Art Works
in Koh Samui
If you're looking for UNIQUE art work you need go no further than Ko
Samui, Thailand.
You've probably seen some of these creations in places like Orlando,
Los Angeles, Vegas, and New York City. But, did you ever expect to
see welded lifesize art works of stormtroopers on Ko Samui island in
Thailand?
 I didn't, and yet there they were... only slightly out of place in
the tiny market at the base of the "Big Buddha" Buddhist statue that
sits high atop a hill in Bo Phut, Ko Samui. Thailand is a land of
contrasts for real! Go see the Big Buddha, drop some coins in the
Buddhist fortune machines, and then go see the futuristic welded art
work created out of motorbike, automobile, and other vehicles and
machinery.
The prices that we were quoted for some of the pieces seemed
reasonable - but who am I to say? I'm no welded stormtrooper art
critic. $1000 usd seems like a good price to me. I won't tell you
exactly what we were quoted because the prices might be different by
the time you arrive. I told them that I live in Surat Thani so the
price may have included shipping by boat for all I know. I do think
it would be a chore (and expensive) to ship one of these heavy and
awkward welded pieces of art. How much would one of these weigh? As
much as an automobile's engine block I'm thinking... what's that,
about 400 kilograms? How much would that be to ship to America?
Australia?
The store had other pieces of this incredibly futuristic welded art
- about 10 pieces that we saw that day, some smaller than this large
one. There were lots of people looking, it was hard to not be
impressed by the level of attention that went into selecting each
piece. Thai people are very artistic with their drawing - I saw that
while teaching in a high school here. But I think, few make the move
to sculptured art or other mediums and even less to the welded art
like we saw at this store.
Occasionally in a city in Thailand I've seen a piece of this kind of
art - thrown together by the welders that get bored I guess. It's
usually outside a repair shop - a muffler shop, some kind of place
that they weld a lot. I guess when business gets slow and there's a
lot of stuff together - the creative Thai mind takes over and must
create something!
You really should stop by the shop and have a look. If you're an art
collector this might be something you just can't live without...
The prices we saw started at 15,000 Thai baht and went up from there
for these lifesize welded art pieces. If you want more information
you'll need to go to Ko Samui, Thailand because I just searched the
web and can't find anything about it anywhere!
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