Auto part chess set, 'Recycling Challenge' (Mexico)The imaginative mind of Armando Ramirez transforms scrap metal into a sleek, black and silver chess set. Ramirez collects the leftover metal pieces off a die machine and shapes them into the pawns, horses, and parts of the kings, which also feature cogs from a car's electrical system. The queens are made from screws, cogs and bearings from a car's electrical system. The bishops are shaped from sparkplugs and the towers from cogwheels. |
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Quartz and sodalite long necklace Recycling Rainbows (Brazil)This long necklace by Francis Oliveira is destined to accessorize with cheerful wonderment. She starts by recycling magazine paper into rolled-up pipettes, their many colors finding elegant harmony with such Brazilian gems as sodalite, white, rose, and green quartz, amethyst, hematite, zoisite and goldstone, as well as bright glass beads. Brass links hold this attractive necklace together.. |
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Sandstone statuette, 'Inner Peace' (Indonesia)An icon of spirituality and inner peace, Buddha holds a jug of holy water as he prepares to bless those who follow his teachings. Like Buddha, Wayan Kandiyasa relishes tranquility before he sets to carve images of devotion. He carves the sandstone image of Buddha with sublime elegance. At age 29, Siddhartha left his wealthy family in pursuit of truth. |
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