Justin Gershenson-Gates Creates Intricate Mechanical Insects With Dissected Watches

<a href="http://inhabitat.com/announcing-inhabitats-2012-green-halloween-costume-contest-finalists-vote-for-your-favorite/" target="_blank">Halloween</a> may be long gone but this amazing series of mechanical insects would make the perfect addition to a creepy costume. Crafted from old watch parts and light bulbs, the crawlie pieces are assembled together from <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/salvaged-materials/" target="_blank">salvaged materials </a>by jeweler <a href="http://www.amechanicalmind.com/" target="_blank">Justin Gershenson-Gates</a>. Whilst experimenting with the idea of dissecting old watches, the Chicago-based designer stumbled upon this cool style and has since created a whole batch of mechanically-inspired insects! Click ahead to see more photos of these inventive, quirky sculptures.

The insects and arthropods are assembled from various sections of the salvaged devices.

They are each built up over several hours.

Gershenson-Gates reuses the gears, straps, and springs from watches.

He reshapes them by soldering them into their new form.

The sculptural pieces are an inventive way of giving a watches anatomy a second life.

The pieces are available to buy on Etsy.

See the jeweler's facebook page for even more images of these quirky designs.