Two giant Phoenix sculptures hang from the ceiling of Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan through 2014. They measure 90 and 100 feet long, weigh over 12 tons combined, and are made entirely from discarded material, tools, and machinery from construction sites in and around Beijing, China.
Artist Tonya Corkey explores memory and photography in these stunning portraits made from dryer lint.
Mixed-media artist collective Fall On Your Sword have brought 80’s nostalgia and snacking together in a startlingly elegant way with this Goonies-inspired Pringles Can Pipe Organ.
Turn worn out t-shirts into a comfy, colorful floor covering with this ring-tied t-shirt rug tutorial!
Use the books that once illuminated minds to illuminate your next reading adventure with these ingenious handmade lamps made from used books by Michael Bom and Antoinet Deurloo of Dutch studio Bomdesign.
Sick of throwing out boxes full of useless, exotically-shaped, styrofoam packing materials? You could always take a leaf from artist Michael Salter’s book and construct a massive meditating robot sculpture from left-over styrofoam, which he calls styrobots.
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