Shari Mendelson is a Brooklyn-based artist that creates masterpieces out of garbage. She is collecting juice, soda and water bottles and then she cut all these in pieces. The material she needs to work is ready. Her creations are inspired by historical ceramic, glass and metal vessels and reminds of ancient times. Shari Mendelson says,…
Artist and designer Beck Wheeler combines toy making, textile and woodworking techniques to make colorful, playful found object sculptures. Wheeler is using used objects like broken childrens toys, old bits of cutlery, shaving brushes, can openers etc, to create handmade sculptures inspired by her time in the kitchen. Find more about Beck Wheeler, just click…
Tomaas is a New York based fashion and art photographer who catched the Plastic Fantastic series of images. The model is staged with various plastic items such as straws, tubing, platters, and bottles. The striking contrast of the black background with the cool lighting creates an edgy, dream-like element. Theatrical and upcycled art! What an…
Who said that we need bookcases anymore? Get creative with your books. Need an inspiration? Do you love reading books and you already have collected so many that you don’t know what to do with? He used a collection of foreign language dictionaries, medical reference series, geographical studies, and psychology volumes. The outer shell consists of…
Kristiina Lahde is a Canadian artist who transforms old telephone books into complex architectural structures. Using patterns borrowed from nature, Lahde creates modular sculptures that emulates the structure of a honeycomb, cross-referencing the social behaviours of insects and humans. Altered telephone books it is! Thumbs up for Cristiina! (via: junk culture)
French architect Clémence Eliard and artist Elise Morin created this CD Wasteland instalation. The designers used over 65,000 recycled CDs and form the 500sq.m Wastelandscape art installation at Paris’ Halle d’Aubervilliers. All CDs were hand sticthed together and create a unique recycled landscape. “Made of petroleum, this reflecting slick of CDs forms a still sea…
