Imaginative Yong Ho Ji salvages rubber for his designs from old cars he finds at scrap yards. He then spends months cutting each tyre into thin strips before moulding them together into models of animals, with some standing more than 5ft tall.One of his creations is a huge lion rearing up on its hind legs, while one sculpture is a Minotaur, a creature from ancient Greek myth. Yong Ho, from Korea, told how he had the idea of making models from tyres after visiting his local scrap yard to find parts for his car.
He explained: “Because of their rubbery nature, tyres can be cut, bent, and manipulated into many different forms and shapes. The flexibility and the strength of tyres drew me to them.
“Every artist has their own medium they work best in and for me it’s definitely old tyres. You could say I’m burning rubber.”
He explained: “Because of their rubbery nature, tyres can be cut, bent, and manipulated into many different forms and shapes. The flexibility and the strength of tyres drew me to them.
“Every artist has their own medium they work best in and for me it’s definitely old tyres. You could say I’m burning rubber.”
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