Sculpture with recycled material

A broken CD isn't much good to anyone. Unless you're Sean Avery that is. Because while most of us would just throw them in the trash, the South Africa-born, Australia-based artist turns them into various dazzling animal sculptures. He makes them by gluing CD shards to wire mesh frames shaped like different animals, and as you can see from his iridescent animal kingdom, there seems to be no limit to the types of creatures he can create.

ART: Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan's Last Flight, 2009, used slippers and metal stand, 107.3 x 77.2 inches/275 x 198 cm | contemporary art | modern art | original artwork | Filipino art | Filipino artists

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