Thor actor Chris Hemsworth gifted custom rooster sculpture made by Wheatbelt scrap metal artist Jordan Sprigg

Wheatbelt artist Jordan Sprigg has made a career out of turning scrap metal into stunning steampunk animal creations.

His commanding pieces can be found as far north as Broome and as far south as Beaconsfield in Victoria.

Now, one of his smaller, yet no less impressive works of art will decorate the home of none other than Thor himself.

On Saturday, Sprigg proudly posted a photo of Chris Hemsworth posing with one of his sculptures.

“A good-looking rooster plus Davey 🐓,” Jordan wrote in the caption.

“Davey has moved to the greener pastures of Byron Bay to wake up the locals there. A 41st birthday present for Chris Hemsworth himself.

“Thanks Luke Hemsworth for getting this sorted 🤝.”

Hemsworth’s birthday is on August 11, and Sprigg did not reveal if he had posted an old photo or if the sculpture had only recently been delivered.

Davey the Rooster will be added to Hemsworth’s Australian art collection at his $20 million Byron Bay mansion.

The home also boasts a mural by Indigenous painter Otis Hope Carey.

And handmade furniture made from recycled raw materials by Australian designer Lee Brennan.

Sprigg’s pieces are usually much grander in scale – his white rhino sculpture which stands in South Perth weighs more than 700kg.

The grand sculptures can take hundreds of hours to finish and costs tens of thousands of dollars to purchase.

The former psychology student creates his pieces in a shed in the middle of nowhere, about 35km north-east of Narembeen.

He told The West Australian in 2021 that he’s not a stereotypical artist.

“I was never trying to become an artist and I still don’t know if I should be calling myself an artist or not,” he said.

Some of the scrap metal he uses to create his unique menagerie can be more than 100 years old and can be sourced from retired machinery, scrap heaps and clearing sales.

“There is a huge abundance of it out here, it’s everywhere and you learn your metalwork on scrap metal,” he said.

“You learn to weld and grind and cut and you just make whatever is in your head. When I was a kid, I loved Lego and I had a big scrapbook full of drawings ... there was a creative side to me.

“Then I’d make flowers, little things with cogs and the odd animal. Now I want to do an allosaurus. Australia is filled with lots of cute and cuddly marsupials, which there’s nothing wrong with, but I’m always drawn to the big things with teeth and claws that can kill you.

“A lot of my early stuff ended up in mum and dad’s garden, or grandma’s because they weren’t sale-worthy. But it’s kind of where I first learnt everything and it’s amazing how my drawing, my passion for animals and my metal work have all kind of combined into what I’m doing now.”