The sculptor makes stunning portraits of historical figures from metal wires

Darius Hulea, a sculptor from Romania, who with great skill and creativity combines modern and classical, using stainless steel, brass and copper wire in his work. Using these industrial materials, the artist "draws" in three dimensions, neatly forming recognizable portraits of metals. Darius gives new life and rethinking to the great intellectuals and figures of the past.

The greatest influence on today's work of Hulea, most likely, had a folk craft, which the sculptor met in his youth. His grandmother and great-grandmother weaved the traditional geometric fabrics that are still used in Romania. On the other hand, his agricultural grandfather gave Hulea an early understanding of the power of industrial materials. All this served as an impetus for the artist to the transition from painting to sculpture.

And although the work of Hulea does not relate to the classics in full, they are based on the principles of classical drawing. Darius uses a wire of different thicknesses to embody the pencil strokes of the sketch. Instead of leaving these lines on paper, the sculptor transfers them in three dimensions.