3D Currency Sculptures by Kristi Malakoff

Canadian visual artist Kristi Malakoff's series titled Money Pieces utilizes the spectrum of hues that is present in paper money from around the world to produce her eye-catching sculptures. By folding, cutting, and pasting, Malakoff manages to create colorful sculptural pieces.






















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Scissor Spiders by Christopher Locke

When we hear about Spiders, we get afraid because of their dangerous look. But artist Christopher Locke gave an other impression of spiders by his unique art work. He takes scissors that were confiscated by the TSA at airport security checkpoints and turns them into these awesome spider sculptures. We’re guessing they still won’t be permitted to be carried onto airplanes, but when no one is looking they might just scuttle onboard all by themselves.

Skull of Books

Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre has finally found a use for all those obsolete computing books that have been collecting dust worldwide. His newest work-in-progress is called Incarnate (Three Degrees of Certainty II) and as you can see, it is a near perfect rendition of a human skull popping out from a stack of outdated computer manuals.








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Predator-Like Sculptures by Rob Mulholland

Scottish artist Rob Mulholland created a series of these sculptures out of mirrored Perspex (or acrylic glass). It has been called the Predator effect after the 1987 film where an alien life form seamlessly blends into its background.










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City Carved From Potatoes

Peter Root, 33, spent three weeks in Istanbul, Turkey, making homes, office blocks and places of worship from a staggering 176lbs of spuds using a kitchen knife and bicycle repair kit.

Details include TV aerials, hundreds of windows on tower blocks and the crescent moon of Islam on mosques.














Via: The Sun

Streaming Books Installations by Alycia Martin

The Spain-based artist Alicia Martin's sculptural installation at Casa de America, Madrid depicts a cavalcade of books streaming out of the side of a building. The whirlwind of literature defies gravity and draws attention with its grandeur size. There have been three site-specific installations, thus far, of the massive sculptural works in this series known as Biografias, translated as Biographies, that each feature approximately 5,000 books sprawled out around and atop one another.


















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Pegasus Statue Made From 3500 Smartphones

In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse that was very handy when it came to slaying monsters. This Pegasus statue is nothing less than awe-inspiring masterpiece. The winged divine horse has been made using a whopping 3500 Huawei smartphones by Machine Shop from London. The colossal structure was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Spain by the Chinese manufacturer along with the Ascend D Quad.










Via: Cnet

Animal Sculptures Made From Shattered CDs

If you're as talented as Australian artist Sean Avery, you could turn your old CDs into incredibly intricate animal sculptures. Avery, who is both a sculptor and an illustrator, takes old cds and shatters them to create these shimmering works of art.
















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