[caption id="attachment_48912" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Don't Wake Me Lucifer! / 83" x 95" / 2010 Hand-made Quilt, Heavy Metal T-Shirts, Fabric, Batting, Thread"][/caption]

Ben Venom might be handy with a sewing machine and embroidery floss, but that doesn't mean he's not capital-H Hardcore. Venom's quilts are made from vintage metal band shirts. Why? Because it's brutaaaaal. The artist's statement on Venom's site describes his work as a "collision of Iron Maiden Metal ballads with the outrageous stage antics of Ozzy Osbourne." Check out more of his work on his site, or at the BAN6: Visual Arts Exhibition,” Group Show, Jul 9 – Sep 25 at the YBCA Gallery in San Francisco. Link

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