Henok Metal Arts
Location: Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia
Henok Tsegaye is a graduate of Addis Ababa polytechnic college and has been turning scrap metal into incredible sculpture for more than three years. It is unbelievable what Henok can do with a few pieces of scrap metal with a bit of innovation and creativity. His sculptures take anywhere from a few days to a couple of months depending on the complexity and size of the work. He wields his sculptures from abandoned machinery parts, scrap metals such as screws, nuts, bolts, gears and so on. Henok said coming up with art from scrap metals is not an easy job because it takes a longer time and accuracy. Sometimes getting the scrap metal parts itself is not an easy job. He mostly collects the scrap metal from different metal workshops in Addis and Somale Tera – used items market in Marcato. Henok currently displays and sale his products in different galleries in Addis and he is planning to have his gallery permanently display his metal artworks in the future. Henok has institutional and individual buyers and his price ranges from 445 USD to 6000 USD.
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