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Vulture Kulture

Metal art with an edge

About Me

Welcome to Vulture Kulture in My Space. What is Vulture Kulture?
Metal art with an edge created by Dan Statler. Vulture Kulture has a website with a gallery of his complete metal work and bio information:
www.vulturekulture.com
His most famous artwork is the one he created for Monster Garage, where he is the Production Designer.
Vulture Kulture Gallery: Monster Garage
He has also created artwork for Rolling Stone magazine, Monster house, Velvet Revolver's "Dirty Little Thing" video, Entertainment Weekly, Baby Bash's "Suga' Suga" video, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Driveshaft, and others.
Check the Blog , where we will share with you information we don't have on the website, pictures, news and other cool stuff.

My Interests

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ALL THE METAL ARTWORK IN THIS GALLERY WAS DESIGNED AND CREATED BY DAN STATLER. ALL PIECES WERE CUT BY HAND WITH A PLASMA TORCH; NO CNC MACHINE OR COMPUTER PROGRAM WAS USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. WATCH LEVIATHAN VIDEO ABOVE TO SEE DAN STATLER AT WORK.

I'd like to meet:

People who like Metal art, California Car Culture, Kustom Kulture, Retro-future, Rockabilly, Googie architecture, Hot Rods, Skulls and flames, Monster Garage, Tattoos, Motorcycles, Choppers, Venice, CA.

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Music:

The Vulture Kulture Sculptures.
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THE ROCKET

TIKI MANIC MECHANIC (4'X 8') BATMOBILE MULCIBER (4'X 4') GENESIS GEORGE, THE PIRANHA
K-NIVES
SAILOR WEB
Vulture Kulture: Metal Art with an Edge

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This is Dan Statler's work as Production Designer and resident metal artist of Monster Garage:
MONSTER HOOD (8'X 8')"When we moved to the new garage, I finally had a chance to do something about that lame ass sign we had. It was the only thing that said Monster Garage on it, so it was used on every show. Fortunately, we had just changed to the new more bitch’n logo that we have now, so I was able to fabricate a new one.This is an oversized replica of a 1975 Cadillac hood made from two pieces of 4’X8’ 16 gauge sheet steel, with expanded metal and square tubing for the grille, and 2”x2” square tubing for dropping the sides. Then, because I ordered cold rolled instead of hot rolled steel, I had to grind the whole thing about a million times. The Monster Garage logo and flames were plasma cut and backlit."Dan Statler, Production Designer of Monster Garage.
MONSTER GARAGE DOORS (10'X 10') TWO TONE (4'X 8') SIDECAR (4'X 8') MONSTER MAP (4’ X 8’) HELL TRAIN INFERNO (4'X 8') CADUCEUS (4'X 8') BAD COP, NO DONUT (4'X 8') DEATH SKATE (4'X 8') PHANTOM (4'X 8') PIMP SKULL (4'X 8') ROCK'EM"This was the season two finale where two teams would each build destructo cars, and then ram them together head on while simultaneously smashing away at each other with motorized devices until one or both of them were just a little pile of lifeless scrap metal. What do you do for this kind of show? Build giant robot heads? Well, as it turned out…Each head is one sheet of 16 gauge 4’X8’ sheet steel wrapped around 1/2” X 1/2” square tubing to frame it out. I had to do a lot of hammering to get the sheet steel round enough to weld on to the frames. I tried to stay true to the Rock’em Sock’em Robot theme while only using cuts and bends to form the main structures of the heads. Plasma cut some flames, add some sheet metal head bolts, sweat, blood, and burns, and badda bing: robot."Dan Statler, Production Designer of Monster Garage.
SOCK'EM

Television:

ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONSDan has been working for three years in the creation of the lobby of the Original Productions Lobby. Original Productions is the company that produces Monster Garage, Motorcycle Mania, Great Biker Build-Off, Monster House, etc. These are only a few examples of the artwork there. To check all the phases of the work, go to the Original Productions section on our website.
LEVIATHAN: DEADLIEST CATCH (4'X 8') PLASTIC SURGERY: BEFORE & AFTER (4'X 8') MONSTER HOUSE (4'X 8') BIKER BUILD OFF (4'X 8') BOOM (4'X 8')

Heroes:




HOT, HOT T-SHIRTS!

Love Dan's sculptures and would like to have one at home, but you don't have enough space for it? Don't worry. We have been working on our new line of t-shirts and now you can take Dan's artwork home and wear it!

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We have 2 new designs:

Two Tone based on the panel he created for Monster Garage's 54 Chevy episode.



Manic Mechanic based on his original panel.



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My Blog

Dan Statler at the ’CARNIVORA -The Dark Art of Automobiles’ exhibition

Artwork by Dan Statler has just been included in the 'CARNIVORA -The Dark Art of Automobiles' exhibition. Please join us next Saturday May 3rd at L'Imagerie Gallery in North Hollywood for the Grand Op...
Posted by Vulture Kulture on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:37:00 PST

RETRO-FUTURISTIC SCULPTURE FOR KOYO COOLING SYSTEMS

KOYO COOLING SYSTEMS Koyo Cooling Systems, the Japanese radiator company, approached us with the idea of creating a corporate sculpture for their new building in Irving, CA, which would be automotive...
Posted by Vulture Kulture on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:44:00 PST

VULTURE KULTURE XMAS SALE!

Get a Manic Mechanic t-shirt for only $2 with every order at the Vulture Kulture Store! Place your order in the Vulture Kulture Store, add a white Manic Mechanic t-shirt to your shopping cart and e...
Posted by Vulture Kulture on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:35:00 PST

Look out! Dan is blogging!

Yeap! Every Saturday. For those of you who don't know this, Dan Statler writes with the plasma torch and with the pen as well. As much as we try to stop him, he doesn't cease on any of them. He posts ...
Posted by Vulture Kulture on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:51:00 PST

CRAZY IN THE HEAD - YOU TUBE

"Crazy in the Head" by Three Bad Jacks directed by Dan Statler is now online in youtube.com. Check it out and please rate it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoFq3ke_HYo You can also watch it and rat...
Posted by Vulture Kulture on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:00:00 PST

NEW MONSTER GARAGE VIDEO!!! DAN KUSTOMIZES A CADDY HOOD!

Dan created a new video of the making of the original Monster Garage caddy hood, which was displayed at the headquarters of Discovery Channel for a couple of years. This hood also inspired the Giant M...
Posted by Vulture Kulture on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:37:00 PST

"CRAZY IN THE HEAD" VIDEO - ONLINE!

The video "Crazy in the Head" directed and edited by Dan Statler is finally done! It premiered online at monstergarage.com on June 5th.Check it out on the monstergarage.com band section and see the Th...
Posted by Vulture Kulture on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:35:00 PST

LEVIATHAN: WATCH THE VIDEO HERE!

We just uploaded the Leviathan video in our myspace.com video section. If you like the video, please go to our video section, rate it and leave us one of those lovely comments!DAN STATLER "LEVIATHAN" ...
Posted by Vulture Kulture on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:33:00 PST

LEVIATHAN: DEADLIEST CATCH PANEL FINISHED!

You have seen the video, now catch the finished piece: To check out the making-of photos, go to: http://www.vulturekulture.com/gallery2/original/phase10.html ...
Posted by Vulture Kulture on Mon, 28 May 2007 10:10:00 PST

"LEVIATHAN": VIDEO OF DAN CREATING HIS MASTER PIECE

The new Monster Garage website is now featuring a video of Dan at work on "Leviathan", his master piece inspired by the TV show "Deadliest Catch".Check it out at: http://www.monstergarage.com/search-r...
Posted by Vulture Kulture on Tue, 22 May 2007 11:21:00 PST