David Hensel submitted a sculpture , a laughing head, to the Royal Academy for its Summer Exhibition but when he went to a preview all he found was the plinth with the tiny piece of wood intended to keep the head in place on it.
Mr Hensel, 64, of East Grinstead, West Sussex, said: "I was very excited about seeing my sculpture on display. But I walked all the way round the gallery looking for it and couldn't find it.
The judges thought the statue and plinth were separate works - and liked the plinth better.
"Eventually I saw the base on a shelf with the piece of wood that was meant to keep the head in place." He added: "At first I was shocked but now I'm amused. It's just a bit strange."
In a statement the Academy said: "The two parts were judged independently. The head was rejected. The base was thought to have merit and was accepted
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Art graduate Lauren Porter knitted a Ferrari sportscar for her honours degree at Bath Spa University.
The classic red bodywork consists of 250 squares of garter stitch made by Lauren and 20 family members and friends.
(SO it's not all her own work!)
It's all supported by a steel frame which Lauren, 22, of Greatham, Hants, welded herself.
So .... looks just like something from the new Pixar animated film called Cars, funnily enough.
__________________________________________________________A student has turned her 80-year-old grandmother into an art exhibit.
Janis Rafailidous put Athena in a mocked up kitchen in an art gallery in Leeds.
Visitors can watch her tidying up, preparing food or even doing a spot of knitting.
(Perhaps she could knit a Ferrari :-)
Janis, 22, is using Athena as a "living sculpture" for her Leeds University art graduation show.
She wanted a display that captured her home life in Greece so flew her gran in from Athens.
Bloody students! ............. wasting tax payers money (-:
