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Artist Turns Trash Into Animals To Remind Us About Pollution

To spread his message about endless waste production, Portuguese street artist Bordalo II (Artur Bordalo) creates stunning animal sculptures. However, unlike most artists, Bordalo doesn't buy his material - he scavenges it.

To spread his message about endless waste production, Portuguese street artist Bordalo II (Artur Bordalo) creates stunning animal sculptures. However, unlike most artists, Bordalo doesn't buy his material - he scavenges...

13 Giant Sculptures Made Entirely Of Beach Waste To Make You Reconsider Plastic Use

Let these amazing yet disturbing sculptures serve us as a reminder of society's overuse of plastics. All of them were created using plastic materials found in sea or on shore, discarded plastics which we call beach waste. Big bravo to Washed...

Let these amazing yet disturbing sculptures serve us as a reminder of society's overuse of plastics. All of them were created using plastic materials found in sea or on shore, discarded...

I Collected 75,000+ Used Bottle Caps From My Neighborhood To Build This Pavilion

Droppings and the Dam(n) is an artwork made of more than 75,000 bottle screw caps collected over a year from a neighborhood where I lived. It was an interesting exercise to collect this material to map the consumption pattern of the...

Droppings and the Dam(n) is an artwork made of more than 75,000 bottle screw caps collected over a year from a neighborhood where I lived. It was an interesting exercise to...

Big Trash Animals: Artist Turns Junk Into Animals To Remind Us About Pollution

This is Artur Bordalo's (aka Bordalo II) series of artwork that aims to draw attention to the problems of waste production, materials that are not reused, pollution and its effect on the planet. These are problems that are likely to be...

This is Artur Bordalo's (aka Bordalo II) series of artwork that aims to draw attention to the problems of waste production, materials that are not reused, pollution and its effect on...

Farmer Dad And His Son Build Transformers From Scrap Metal In China And Make $160K A Year

A father-and-son team in southeastern China have started creating enormous recycled Transformer robot sculptures from scrap car parts that they've been selling for more than 1 million yuan (more than $160,000) a year. The Transformers franchise is hugely successful in China,...

A father-and-son team in southeastern China have started creating enormous recycled Transformer robot sculptures from scrap car parts that they've been selling for more than 1 million yuan (more than $160,000)...

Russian Artist Creates Steampunk Animals From Old Car Parts, Watches And Electronics

When working with metal, it takes a true master to breathe life into their artwork. Russian artist Igor Verniy does just that with his beautiful and elegant articulated steampunk animal sculptures. Their moving parts and Verniy's attention to detail makes them...

When working with metal, it takes a true master to breathe life into their artwork. Russian artist Igor Verniy does just that with his beautiful and elegant articulated steampunk animal sculptures....

Portuguese Street Artist Turns Junk Into Amazing Owl Sculpture

Talented Portuguese street artist Artur Bordalo (aka Bordalo II) has done it again, creating a beautiful and colorful owl sculpture on a wall in the city of Covilhã in Portugal out of recycled junk and trash. The sculpture, called “Owl Eyes,”...

Talented Portuguese street artist Artur Bordalo (aka Bordalo II) has done it again, creating a beautiful and colorful owl sculpture on a wall in the city of Covilhã in Portugal out...

Stunning Scrap Metal Sculptures Of The Hulk And Other Famous Movie Characters

Ban Hun Lek, a metal workshop in Thailand, creates beautiful sculptures out of various bits of scrap metal. And they don't limit themselves to robots or abstract pieces – some of their most famous pieces successfully emulate smooth organic forms as...

Ban Hun Lek, a metal workshop in Thailand, creates beautiful sculptures out of various bits of scrap metal. And they don't limit themselves to robots or abstract pieces – some of...

Old Farm Equipment And Scrap Metal Turned Into Stunning Sculptures

South Dakotan sculptor John Lopez creates life-sized scrap metal sculptures with a uniquely Western American twist. In his hands, old discarded farm equipment is recycled into sculptures of iconic creatures from the American West like a bison, a horse plowing a...

South Dakotan sculptor John Lopez creates life-sized scrap metal sculptures with a uniquely Western American twist. In his hands, old discarded farm equipment is recycled into sculptures of iconic creatures from...

Artist Uses Repurposed Wood To Build Giant Root-like Tunnels You Can Explore From The Inside

Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira has applied his strange but beautiful signature style of sculpture to an amazing installation of monumental proportions, creating a twisted network of gigantic tree roots that can be explored from the inside. The epic piece of work,...

Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira has applied his strange but beautiful signature style of sculpture to an amazing installation of monumental proportions, creating a twisted network of gigantic tree roots that can...