Portraits of Joe Swash, Chris Kamara and Angela Barnes created using scrap car parts
Portraits of Joe Swash, Chris Kamara and Angela Barnes made entirely of scrapped car parts has been unveiled by TV channel, Dave and UKTV Play.
The intricate designs took over 110 hours to create and consists of parts from over five number of cars.
The artwork was specially created by a team of artists, led by leading mixed-media artist, David Badcock.
The artwork celebrates the launch of the new series of Worlds Most Dangerous Roads which airs on Dave and UKTV Play on Sunday 18th February at 8pm.
TV channel, Dave and UKTV Play, has commissioned a unique set of celebrity portraits made entirely from scrap car parts to launch new series of Worlds Most Dangerous Roads airing on Dave and UKTV Play on 18th February.
TV personality Joe Swash, football pundit Chris Kamara and comedian Angela Barnes, stars of the new series have been reimagined using tyres, steering wheels, broken lights, body metal and nuts and bolts to create the portraits.
Dave and UKTV Play commissioned artist, David Badcock, an acclaimed mixed-media artist from Brighton, to create the incredible artworks to celebrate the launch of the new series of Worlds Most Dangerous Roads.
The industrial artist dedicated over 110 hours, skilfully repurposing 150kg of used parts from five scrapped cars, incorporating over 1,000 individual nuts and bolts. 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.
The new series of Worlds Most Dangerous Roads will see famous comedy pairings set off on daring journeys to navigate some of the most treacherous routes around the world. The show will see a host of celebrities tackle some of the toughest roads in Sri Lanka, Guatemala, and Italy whilst they attempt to laugh in the face of danger!
Cherie Hall, Dave and UKTV Play channel manager, said, Our three car-part portraits set the scene for our most entertaining series of Worlds Most Dangerous Roads yet. 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 worlds trickiest driving challengesDavid Badcock, creator of the artwork, commented: 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 Im delighted with the final resultsAngela Barnes said: Having your likeness crafted from car parts is quite something, though its more flattering than them using the back end of a bus! Tim has managed to capture the essence of each of us using scrap car parts - thats just extraordinary! It was so much fun being part of this project, and now I cant wait for the world to see what we got up to on our adventures on the upcoming series!Chris Kamara said: Everyone says I am nuts, heres the proof! It was an incredible experience taking part in the new season of Worlds Most Dangerous Roads and I cant wait to watch it - some terrifying roads but what a great tripWorlds Most Dangerous Roads on Dave and UKTV Play makes its comeback at 8pm on Sunday, February 18th.
About Dave
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Dave is the award-winning entertainment channel home to a veritable feast of UKTV Original comedy hits from some of the biggest stars in the UK. Comedy entertainment shows like BAFTA-winning Big Zuus Big Eats, Outsiders, Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, Worlds Most Dangerous Roads and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, sit alongside scripted comedies such as Meet The Richardsons and Sneakerhead.
But Dave isnt just restricted to television screens. Theres exclusive online content, with YouTubes Outsiders: Gone Wild with David Mitchell and Get Off My Phone! featuring Grace Campbell, Thanyia Moore, Ania Magliano, Travis Jay and more, as well as Facebook series The Comedy Guide To Life, Bad Advice with Olga Koch and BackChat. Daves partnership with CALM has led to exclusive commissions and innovative online and marketing campaigns such as #BeTheMateYoudWant. Dave also crowns its winner of Daves Joke of the Fringe at Edinburgh each year.
About UKTV
UKTV has been at the forefront of branded television for over 25 years, entertaining the nation with programmes they love. Its leading brands - Dave, Gold, W, Drama, Alibi, Eden and Yesterday - span comedy, entertainment, natural history, factual and scripted drama, and are delivered to audiences through UKTV Play, Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media, BT, TalkTalk, YouView, Freesat and Amazon Fire. The broadcaster is a significant investor in British creativity and is committed to working with new and established writers, directors and programme-makers.
UKTV is part of BBC Studios, the UKs most-awarded production company, a world-class distributor with international branded services, and a commercial subsidiary of the worlds leading public service broadcaster, the BBC.
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About UKTV Play
UKTV Play is an on-demand TV service providing instant access to shows from UKTVs free-to-air channels - Dave, W, Yesterday and Drama.
With the easy-to-use UKTV Play app you can browse and stream hundreds of shows for free via your computer, tablet or smart phone. You can also watch on the telly thanks to Amazon, Apple TV, Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Freeview, NOW TV, Roku and YouView.
If youre a Sky, Virgin Media, BT TV or TalkTalk TV customer, shows from other great UKTV channels - Gold, Alibi and Eden - are also on the menu.
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Portraits of Joe Swash, Chris Kamara and Angela Barnes created using scrap car parts
