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I Created A Swan From 300 Recycled Plastic Buckets To Show Recycling Is Beautiful
I Created A Swan From 300 Recycled Plastic Buckets To Show Recycling Is Beautiful
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I Created A Swan From 300 Recycled Plastic Buckets To Show Recycling Is Beautiful

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My name is Thomas Dambo. I’m a Danish artist and my mission is to draw our attention to positive things we can do with trash.

This week I made a swan out of approximately 300 recycled plastic buckets. It is a commission for the Nordic Council. It took 4 months for the Council to collect enough of plastic buckets from their cafeteria for my 4-meter big sculpture.

These plastic buckets were used to contains different types of food: fish, yoghurt, ketchup, etc. I think the cafeteria serves around 100 employees. I believe there are a lot of cafeterias like this in the world. I hope my art will inspire people to do the same.

More info: thomasdambo.com

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    My name is Thomas Dambo and I'm an artist from Denmark who has fun and makes small to massive projects from other peoples "trash". Check out my website to see all of my work.

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    Thomas Dambo

    Thomas Dambo

    Author, Community member

    My name is Thomas Dambo and I'm an artist from Denmark who has fun and makes small to massive projects from other peoples "trash". Check out my website to see all of my work.

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    DanitaMentzer-McKay
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I appreciate the time (and blisters) it took to make this. It looks well-thought out. Using stuff that usually goes into the landfills was an extra special touch. Hope to see more of your work soon.

    FeraMoan
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Impressive use of materials.

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    DanitaMentzer-McKay
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I appreciate the time (and blisters) it took to make this. It looks well-thought out. Using stuff that usually goes into the landfills was an extra special touch. Hope to see more of your work soon.

    FeraMoan
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Impressive use of materials.

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