Joe Swash, Chris Kamara, and Angela Barnes have all been immortalised – with portraits made entirely of scrapped car parts.<br /><br />Mixed-media artist David Badcock has created the three familiar faces, using only materials which are destined for the scrap heap. <br /><br />The industrial artist dedicated over 110 hours repurposing 100kg of used parts from five scrapped cars, incorporating over 1,000 individual nuts and bolts. <br /><br />By using a car bonnet as a canvas, the industrial artist masterfully crafted striking likenesses of the three TV stars, each measuring 1.2m by 1.5m.<br /><br />Materials used to bring the portraits to life included tyres, steering wheels, broken lights, body metal and thousands of nuts and bolts. <br /><br />David was challenged to create the sculptures by Dave and UKTV Play to mark the launch of its new series, World’s Most Dangerous Roads – which all three celebs star in – from 18th February at 8pm.<br /><br />He said: “The challenge of turning discarded car parts into celebrity portraits was a dream commission which allowed me to blend my love of art and cars and I’m delighted with the final results.”<br /><br />Angela Barnes said: “Having your likeness crafted from car parts is quite something, though it's more flattering than them using the back end of a bus. <br /><br />“David has managed to capture the essence of each of us using scrap car parts – that's just extraordinary.<br /><br />“It was so much fun being part of this project, and now I can't wait for the world to see what we got up to on our adventures on the upcoming series.”<br /><br />Cherie Hall, Dave and UKTV Play channel director, said: “Our three car-part portraits set the scene for our most entertaining series of World’s Most Dangerous Roads yet. <br /><br />“Once again, our participating celebrities will tackle the treachery and laugh in the face of danger as they get behind the wheel for some of the world’s trickiest driving challenges.”
