When this piece is done and lit, it reads as a full-size female torso with a bright metallic silver chrome surface, running from the shoulders and neck through to the top of the thighs. What makes it remarkable is the material: the whole shell is built from black M8 hexagonal nuts, around 22 kilograms of them, welded edge to edge into a hollow form that follows the body's contours.
The construction path is worth following closely. A hollow plastic mannequin was cut apart using handsaws, a hacksaw and an angle grinder, then split into two halves to give a mold impression. Formwork of laminated plywood, built with a circular saw, framed the pour, and construction gypsum plaster set into a negative mold. Once the mannequin came free, nuts were laid inside the cavity and fused with semi-automatic welding into half shells, and argon-arc welding later brought the front and back together along their seams.
The finishing sequence is what stands out to me. The shell was cleaned with solvent, heated with a butane blowtorch, scrubbed with soapy water and dried before any coating went on, and then a chemical chrome layer was sprayed onto the iron using pneumatic gear that included a Wagner applicator. That level of prep shows real patience; chrome over a dirty weld seam would show every flaw, in my view.
One open point: the figure stops at the upper thighs. I would love to know whether the same mold-and-weld approach could carry the contours further down the body, or whether the hollow shell method meets a practical limit there. Even cut off where it is, the piece holds its shape convincingly.
Project by Не своими РУКАМИ. Watch it on their YouTube channel: