Art & Inspiration The can collector

Here is an interesting article that a friend sent to me and I thought we would all like to see this.
Speaking here of an old man and his hobby:

And he always carried a sugar bag to collect
empty bottles and cans.

His name was... Albert (Tapper) Torney.
Everyone thought he was a bit eccentric and kids
would tease and hassle him.
Then it was discovered that he sold the
empty bottles but only some of the cans.

After he died in 1998 (aged 86) his large collection
of model cars made from aluminum cans was
discovered.

This goes to prove..."you shouldn't judge a book by
its cover" - or a sculptor by his sugar bag.

Some of his AMAZING! collection ----

 

Very cool!
Thanks for sharing.
KK

 

I’d have trouble with a plastic kit and Mr. Torney was creating those with thin gauge aluminum! Works of art.

 

Did the article say where he was from? Waikato Draft and Rheinek are New Zealand beers.

 

No it did not but I will look it up.

update: apparently from New Zealand but there is info on the web about these cans being made by a different person named Sandy. Whatever, they are still neat as hell.

 

Thanks for posting them, artwork is artwork. Bob

 

So cool.

 

So now drinking canned beer is kind of like buying the canvass for Leonardo da Vinci.

 

yep....really neat builds there !

 

He was quite the artist wow