Sculptures made out of random objects

Artist Glen Taylor solders ridges of metal to porcelain fragments, completing a halved teacup or broken saucer with a range of unusual materials: barbed wire, tarnished silverware, old book pages, and multicolored twine form a portion of the household objects. Each intervention contrasts the pristine, delicate qualities of the porcelain with the visible rust, unwieldy strings, and patchwork metals. A cabinetmaker for much of his life, Taylor originally worked with pottery but found it…

What might seem like a pile of junk to the average person is creative inspiration for Chicago-based artist Justin Gershenson-Gates. With a website aptly

Daily Dose Of Art 🎨 on Instagram: "Tom Deininger is a Rhode Island-based artist celebrated for his transformative approach to art, using discarded materials to create mind-bending optical illusions and intricate sculptures. His work is a powerful commentary on environmental issues and mass consumerism, as he constructs elaborate assemblages from non-recyclable, non-biodegradable materials found in landfills. Deininger's art encourages viewers to reconsider the potential of everyday…

Large sculpture of a redshank made by Michelle Reader from reclaimed materials, for the Love London Sculpture Show at London Wetland Centre.

Ballon dog anatomical model by Jason Freeny by konbini

A series of sculptures by Virginia artist Ryan Lytle created from melting plastic grocery bags.

Posts about Art From Found Things written by Linda Lewis

art object sculpture assemblage of natural sea stone and painted sticks found at sea, colorful bundle of brushwood, home art for meditation. Sculpture is created of natural round sea stone and multicolored sticks, collected at the Black sea and painted with acrylic paint in different colors. The sculpture consists of a stone and two bundles of sticks, randomly placed on top of each other. The pyramid is 24 cm high. It is very beautiful and graceful. Can decorate the interior. The moment of…

Sculpture has been used as a form of human expression since prehistoric times. In fact, the earliest known works of sculpture date from around 32,000 B.C.