Mechanical Characters by Greg Brotherton
Greg Brotherton, the sculptor behind Brotron, creates a world where industrial scrap and vintage hardware evolve into haunting, heroic figures. His work explores a post-industrial, dystopian vision heavily influenced by early 20th-century political fiction and Kafkaesque imagery.
The "mechanical history" Brotherton crafts is a blend of fine craftsmanship and found-object assembly. Each character is hand-hammered from steel and integrated with salvaged itemsโranging from 1950s Electrolux vacuums to typewriter parts and musical instruments. These sculptures often represent the "quiet genius" of an isolated world, acting as a bridge between a desolate past and an imaginative, mechanical future.