Love This! Upcycled Arachnids

I've never had much of a fear of creepy crawlers. I mean, I don't want a spider to crawl across my face or anything, but if I see one on the wall in the corner of a room, I can continue to go about my business without any interruption.

That being said, if I saw one of Justin Gershenson-Gates' mechanical insects in the corner of a room, I think I would freak out a little bit. 

He creates them by soldering together old watch parts and lightbulbs, and I think there's something both alluring, scary, beautiful, and super creepy about them, all at the same time. 

Here's what he says about his work on his website:

The grandson of a railroad man, the son of a gearhead, my life has been filled with all things mechanical.  As a child, I would take my toys apart in order to see how they worked, but was never able to put them back together again.  Now, I take dead old watches from the top drawers of the world, and rearrange their bits and widgets into whimsical designs.  

My aim is to show the beauty of the mechanical world, a place generally hidden from the public behind metal and glass.  My pieces display the more delicate and ephemeral side of gears, rather than the cold, hard factory feel they normally portray. 

Do you think he succeeds at doing this? I do! But I'll let you take a look and decide for yourself...

My goodness--the details! The personality! The creepiness! I'm super impressed.

You can view more of Justin Gershenson-Gates' work on his website and in his Etsy shop. 

I hope you can catch a glimpse of some hidden beauty in the world today...