Heavy Metal Quilts / Ben Venom

Don’t Wake Me Lucifer! / 83″ x 95″ / 2010 Hand-made Quilt, Heavy Metal T-Shirts, Fabric, Batting, Thread

Ben Venom might be handy with a sewing machine and embroidery floss, but that doesn’t mean he’s not capital-H Hardcore. Venom’s quilts are made from vintage metal band shirts. Why? Because it’s brutaaaaal. The artist’s statement on Venom’s site describes his work as a collision of Iron Maiden Metal ballads with the outrageous stage antics of Ozzy Osbourne. Check out more of his work on his site, or at the BAN6: Visual Arts Exhibition, Group Show at the YBCA Gallery in San Francisco — via Neatorama