Sculptor Karl Dupere-Richer has created an octopus lamp using recycled objects like garden hoses, Christmas ornaments, and a hanging globe. More pictures of the unique lamp can be viewed at Dupere-Richer’s website.
![Frankly I find this a little bit gross, but certainly fascinating!
Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira creates captivating sculptures made from wood that mimic the texture and shape of human intestines. Some of the installations are so large, that visitors are able to walk inside the intestine sculpture and explore around.
Oliveira’s sculptures are constructed using various salvaged wood pieces. Each piece is meticulously put together around PVC forms to create curvaceous shapes that imitate the body organ.
(via Giant Intestine Installation Made Of Salvaged Wood [Pics] - PSFK)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/8c9131bdfdf6bdf11b1a0ee410528518/tumblr_mlxw88UEaG1qzv12bo1_400.jpg)
Frankly I find this a little bit gross, but certainly fascinating!
Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira creates captivating sculptures made from wood that mimic the texture and shape of human intestines. Some of the installations are so large, that visitors are able to walk inside the intestine sculpture and explore around.
Oliveira’s sculptures are constructed using various salvaged wood pieces. Each piece is meticulously put together around PVC forms to create curvaceous shapes that imitate the body organ.
(via Giant Intestine Installation Made Of Salvaged Wood [Pics] - PSFK)
“I am inspired by vintage or used objects: records, books, furniture, anything that has a history.” —Mike Stilkey
Artist Mike Stilkey, whose amazing artwork was featured in an exhibition here in Houston five or so years ago, turns everyday objects into eye-catching sculptures.
If you’ll be in the San Francisco area this month, you can catch several of Mike’s pieces, along with those of two other artists who work with books — Cara Barer (mentioned previously here) and Melinda Tidwell — at the Andrea Schwartz Gallery through April 26.
At the American Academy in Rome, filmmaker Nicholas Heller follows Visiting Artist Ann Weber on her daily rounds, scavenging cardboard boxes out of dumpsters, collecting ideas from architectural details and Bernini sculptures and creating sculpture in her studio.
Brooklyn-based artist Marc Andre Robinson turns discarded furniture into eye-catching sculptural assemblages.
(via My Modern Met)
Nirit Levav Packer via The Telegraph (photos Nirit Levav / Rex Features)
Bottlecaps and wire.
(via Artisans Of Colorado)
Made by Elizabeth Morisette, whose work we featured earlier on Unconsumption here.
![We’ve come across a couple of creative new uses for old slides and strips of film negatives; here’s a different one, woven by Elizabeth Morisette into art.
Fort Collins [Colorado-] based artist Elizabeth Morisette creates playful objects that re-imagine the ancient arts of weaving and basket making for the 21st century. Using recycled or re-purposed materials, she links the machine made and the handmade, transforming cast-off consumer waste into wondrous forms. (via the Fort Lewis College Art Gallery)
Pictured: Slides and cotton twine woven on a cotton warp, 33” x 40” x 2”, via Morisette on Flickr.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/e79293d5d49df98b95e0c3bb0ea57687/tumblr_mjinb2dK1g1qzv12bo1_400.jpg)
We’ve come across a couple of creative new uses for old slides and strips of film negatives; here’s a different one, woven by Elizabeth Morisette into art.
Fort Collins [Colorado-] based artist Elizabeth Morisette creates playful objects that re-imagine the ancient arts of weaving and basket making for the 21st century. Using recycled or re-purposed materials, she links the machine made and the handmade, transforming cast-off consumer waste into wondrous forms. (via the Fort Lewis College Art Gallery)
Pictured: Slides and cotton twine woven on a cotton warp, 33” x 40” x 2”, via Morisette on Flickr.
In suitcase-reuse news:
“Suitcase Wheel,” a 16-foot-diameter sculpture made from 75 vintage Samsonite suitcases held together by an internal metal armature, was installed last month at the San Antonio International Airport where it will be on view for two years.
Made by Houston-based artist duo Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing, a.k.a. The Art Guys, the work was first exhibited in 1995 at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and was last seen on display in 1999 at the Tacoma Art Museum.
Public Art San Antonio features several photos chronicling the suitcase installation process: here.
Bonus: HoustonPBS recently profiled The Art Guys. See the video here.
Photo via The Art Guys.
See also: This dedicated “new uses for old suitcases” Pinterest board.
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In landmark art preservation news:
It’s hard to miss the 70-foot-tall blue saxophone as you drive down Richmond Avenue [in Houston].
Its name is Smokesax, and it has been at that location on 6025 Richmond for the past 20 years. But Wednesday, the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, a local folk art organization [mentioned previously here], announced it is going to acquire the oversize horn, which is made out of car parts, oil field pipes and a surfboard, as well as an entire Volkswagen Beetle that forms the U-joint at its base.
The big brass was built by legendary Texas artist Bob Wade as a special installation for Billy Blues Bar & Grill. It was fully restored three years ago, and the current property owners, Kensinger Properties Ltd., said they wanted the Orange Show to ensure the piece would be preserved for future generations.
The saxophone will be removed from its current location at 10 a.m. on Feb. 28. The process to remove the massive piece will take a full day. Then, Smokesax will begin its 13-mile journey from Richmond Avenue to Munger Street. Artist Bob Wade will be overseeing the entire removal and transportation. Once at the Orange Show, it will be housed in the organization’s warehouse until an exact location has been chosen for permanent display.
(via Orange Show Center for Visionary Art to acquire Smokesax - Houston Business Journal)
Today, in things we love: Landmark sculpture made from a Volkswagen Bug and other upcycled items gets saved.
More Unconsumption news from Houston to come … stay tuned!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/3bfe3dcdd0336dcd1f29c92df2e33740/tumblr_mixsfrQt9I1qzgg3to1_400.jpg)
In landmark art preservation news:
It’s hard to miss the 70-foot-tall blue saxophone as you drive down Richmond Avenue [in Houston].
Its name is Smokesax, and it has been at that location on 6025 Richmond for the past 20 years. But Wednesday, the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, a local folk art organization [mentioned previously here], announced it is going to acquire the oversize horn, which is made out of car parts, oil field pipes and a surfboard, as well as an entire Volkswagen Beetle that forms the U-joint at its base.
The big brass was built by legendary Texas artist Bob Wade as a special installation for Billy Blues Bar & Grill. It was fully restored three years ago, and the current property owners, Kensinger Properties Ltd., said they wanted the Orange Show to ensure the piece would be preserved for future generations.
The saxophone will be removed from its current location at 10 a.m. on Feb. 28. The process to remove the massive piece will take a full day. Then, Smokesax will begin its 13-mile journey from Richmond Avenue to Munger Street. Artist Bob Wade will be overseeing the entire removal and transportation. Once at the Orange Show, it will be housed in the organization’s warehouse until an exact location has been chosen for permanent display.
(via Orange Show Center for Visionary Art to acquire Smokesax - Houston Business Journal)
Today, in things we love: Landmark sculpture made from a Volkswagen Bug and other upcycled items gets saved.
More Unconsumption news from Houston to come … stay tuned!
Vancouver-based artist Brian Jungen created this domed ‘turtle shell’ out of industrial waste and recycling bins. In past works Brian has used plastic chairs, hockey equipment, and plastic food trays.
(via Juxtapoz Magazine - “Carapace,” Recycling Bin Art by Brian Junger | Current)
