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David Cox (Assemblage Sculpture Artist)

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Transforming your Piano into a Phoenix!
Assemblage Sculptures Australia! 🇦🇺
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@openstudios grand opening event on Thursday night. A big thanks to @42studiosau for the snazzy shot of me and my sculpture ‘Umbra Susmus’ for this years ‘Continuum’ exhibition at @burrinja taken in Burrinja by @david.cox.art

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7 months ago

New business cards on the way!

#pianoart #pianosculpture #pianophoenix #phoenix #instrumentart #pianowings #assemblage #assemblageart #dandenongranges #olinda #woodendragon taken in Olinda, Victoria, Australia by @david.cox.art

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2 years ago

A big thanks to @halfglassstudios and @openstudios for this shot of me with my sculpture. If you’d like to see it in person you can at @burrinja gallery in Upwey until 27 April.

#pianoart #pianosculpture #pianophoenix #phoenix #instrumentart #pianowings #assemblage #assemblageart #dandenongranges
#openstudios #burrinja #dros2025 taken in Burrinja by @david.cox.art

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‘The Organ At Farr Cottage’ has sold to a VIP collector of my work as a housewarming gift for a friend. How thoughtful.

This sculpture is a collection of parts from an Organ dating back to the 1860s.

They don’t make them like they used to!

#pianosculpture #pianoart #assemblage taken in Olinda, Victoria, Australia by @david.cox.art

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A big thanks to the team at @the.hills.edit for a fancy pants photo of me in my studio.
Thankyou taken in Olinda, Victoria, Australia by @david.cox.art

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16 days ago

SOLD. ‘Rainbow Phoenix (Demi)’
1906 Packard Parlour Pump Organ.

#pianosculpture #assemblage #pianophoenix by @david.cox.art

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24 days ago

The Hills are Alive.

Edit 30. David Cox, Olinda

David was that kid who loved dismantling things, curious about anything with moving parts. He never imagined he’d spend his days transforming old family heirlooms into artwork commissioned by people across the world, from Australia to the USA and Kuala Lumpur.

“If you imagine a piano, with the top open and two legs sticking out the top — that’s me, digging through, finding the things I need.”

David studied interior design at university but built a career in finance before later managing a major tourism organisation. For years he lived the busy professional life in St Kilda, travelling the world for work. After a weekend in the Dandenong Ranges, he and his wife jotted down three addresses on a yellow sticky note and soon he was standing in what would become their Olinda home, looking out over the ranges.

Commuting became part of everyday life and, like many Melburnians in 2020, he was confined to his home during lockdowns. With more time on his hands, David found himself tinkering with items collected over many years. “I feel the need to try and salvage what I can.” He began creating phoenix pieces that give discarded piano parts a second life, restoring them rather than sending them to landfill. A friend commissioned a piece for his music studio, and demand grew.

“I feel privileged to have access to all these old bits and bobs that would otherwise not exist or cost a fortune to repair. It’s nice that they’re given a new purpose.”

Once a year David participates in the @burrinja @openstudios event, opening his home workshop to those wanting to learn more. You can also see his work at @david.cox.art or by visiting @hardroadbrewing Bayswater, @earthlypleasurescafe Belgrave and @themotorist Gembrook — all featuring his pieces on their walls.

#thehillsedit #dandenongranges #dandenongrangescreatives by @david.cox.art

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a month ago

Introducing ‘La Phénix D’encre’ made from the ink stained black keyboard of a 1917 Kohl upright piano, which has since retired from playing. Adorned in a centre of 1870s brass pump organ reeds, an antique mantle clock face, and the pianos own brass candle sconces and award winning badge at its heart.

This assemblage sculpture will be on show at our ‘Lustre’ pop up exhibition in Armadale for the upcoming 2 weeks along with the phenominal artists @elizabeth.gleeson.artist & @gerard.russo.art.

The exhibition will run from 18-30 May. 929 High Street Armadale.
Come and have a look for yourself.

#pianoart #pianosculpture #pianophoenix #phoenix #instrumentart #pianowings #assemblage #assemblageart #dandenongranges taken in High Street Armadale by @david.cox.art

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a year ago

‘Cherry Bomb’ is a new ‘Wreath’ creation, made from the keys off a retro 1980s Kimbal piano. It is 98cm in diameter and has gnarly attitude. Available until it’s not.

#pianosculpture #pianoart #assemblage taken in Olinda, Victoria, Australia by @david.cox.art

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Unsure about what gift to get that music loving loved one this year? Lately I’ve been having fun making framed assemblage sculptures primarily from piano and organ parts, plus a few rare items I find in my travels. They are all around A4 size and all are available until they are not. Most will be between $190-$390 depending.
Get in touch if you’d like to know more.
#pianosculpture #pianoart #assemblage taken in Olinda, Victoria, Australia by @david.cox.art

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‘Purple Heart’ is a new ‘Wreath’ creation, made from the keys off a 1909 Windsor Parlour Pump Organ. It is 84cm is diameter and pops right out of the wall thanks to its purple-ish mahogany stain. I’m really chuffed with this one. Available until it’s not.

#pianosculpture #pianoart #assemblage taken in Olinda, Victoria, Australia by @david.cox.art

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2 months ago

“Pulvis et Umbra Susmus”
“We are but dust and shadow”

Signifying the fragility, brevity, and mortality of human life.
Altar, tombstone, ofrenda, memorial, gateway, trāṭaka?
An assemblage sculpture made almost exclusively of antique piano and organ parts, and found objects, featuring a bronze-dust-laced resin broken-winged seraphim at the centre.
A shrine for reflection.

Now available to see at @burrinja as part of the Continuum exhibition on for a few weeks. Come to my studio to see more as part of the @openstudios program 21, 22 & 28, 29 March.
#pianophoenix #pianosculpture #dandenongrangesopenstudios taken in Burrinja by @david.cox.art

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