Car Parts Art By James Corbett

A story by “Unique Cars” magazine on James’ work resulted in him being commissioned by the magazine to provide the trophy for the “Unique Cars” “Car of the Century” Award, which was subsequently awarded to Ford, for their Model T. This trophy now resides at the head office of Ford Australia , Melbourne .
Commissions for Yamaha Australia , Toyota Australia (including a shark for presentation to Greg Norman) were secured during 2000. Also a Formula 1 car was displayed in the VIP “Paddock Club” lounge at the 2000 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, Melbourne. It was in this year that the sculptures became James’ full time occupation.
A highlight of James’ career was in June 2001 when he and his work appeared on one of Australia ’s most popular TV programmes, “Burke’s Backyard”. Successful exhibitions in Sydney & Melbourne followed.