Donkor, E. K. (2018). Rejuvenating the junks: Exploring scrap metals as alternative materials for Ghanaian sculptors

The focus of this studio-based research is to transform scrap metals into aesthetic masterpiece of art. It is premised on the assumption that the intuitive technique of rejuvenating junks provides the freedom and flexibility to exercise creative expressions on a three dimensional level of art. This study therefore seeks to rejuvenate junks thereby analyzing scrap metals as alternative materials for Ghanaian sculptors. Having identified the aesthetic and artistic expressions of scrap metals, therefore, a piece of sculpture was created with scrap metals as means of establishing the viability of the materials as potential material for creation of sculpture with a story to tell. It also brings out the value of a composed scrap metal bull with different approaches, techniques and procedures as abound in the composition of the work.

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