tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337517362011-12-13T19:56:09.104-08:00Attu Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08092218692187427686noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33751736.post-1157204619874304662006-09-02T06:38:00.000-07:002006-09-02T07:12:23.903-07:00<strong>Shopping Trolley Art</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/1600/Gardner1_350x233.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/320/Gardner1_350x233.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Dumped supermarket trolleys litter our rivers and canals. Now one artist is rescuing them... to create these incredible wire sculptures that celebrate our water wildlife...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/1600/Gardner2_222x350.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/320/Gardner2_222x350.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ptolemy Elrington with his giant heron made from old supermarket trolleys pulled out from the river.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/1600/Gardner3_237x350.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/320/Gardner3_237x350.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A metallic bittern gazes upwards...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/1600/Gardner4_279x350.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/320/Gardner4_279x350.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A kingfisher proudly poses with its helpless victim.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/1600/Gardner5_252x350.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/320/Gardner5_252x350.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ptolemy Elrington's favourite creation - the crayfish.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/1600/Gardner6_350x250.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/320/Gardner6_350x250.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />frog, with wheels for eyes, searches in vain for a metallic lillypad to rest on.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/1600/Gardner7_350x263.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/320/Gardner7_350x263.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The osprey is the perfect fisherman, using its feet and sharp eyesight to hunt. This metal version, however, should perhaps keep clear of open water.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/1600/Gardner8_320x350.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6980/3557/320/Gardner8_320x350.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ptolemy Elrington's shopping trolley dragonfly displays its huge wingspan.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33751736-115720461987430466?l=trolley-art.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Attu Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08092218692187427686noreply@blogger.com0