In the first part, I would like to start by the history of Junk Art. Although “junk art” may have been around millions of years ago, the first junk artist we can be sure of was Marcel Duchamp, who was born in the late 19thcentury. His work flourished in the early 20th century, and he specialized in taking junked items out of their normal environments and transplanting them into new ones. Today’s junk artists are as active as ever. Anyone who has extra scrap metal can try their hand at this unique art form, and some truly incredible pieces have been created in such a fashion. Anything from a broken washing machine to an old bicycle rim can be an ingredient in a moving piece of scrap metal art.