People these days have started recycling products to make unique and awesome sculptures that not only are eco friendly but also deliver a message of humanity and concern for the environment. Sculptures made out of recycled products have gained much popularity. This method is less costly and also reduces waste on the land. Here are with some of the most elegant and stunning sculptures made completely out of recycled trash elements:
1. Buddhist Temple Built from Beer Bottles
This Temple is located in the town named Khun Han in Thailand. It has been built using approximately 1.5 million beer bottles. This temple is what defines creativity and the idea of conserving our environment. It is built using the trash bottles which would otherwise be degrading our earth. The monks of Khun Han are real nature lovers and this masterpiece is stunning.
2. Skull made from utensils
Utensils are one of the major waste elements these days which can be found at each and every street. Such utensils were collected by an artist named Subodh Gupta and he created this stunning skull out of it. This is what defines creativity and this giant skull was placed at the Frieze art fair in London.
3. Forevertron
The Foreevertron is one of the most famous sculptures ever made using recycled products and is situated in Wisconsin. This was made by artist Dr. Evermor who is known for creating such sculptures out of metal recycled elements. It is the world’s largest scrap metal sculpture. He has set up a park in which he placed various such sculptures but the Forevertron attracts visitors the most. It looks like a Transformer from the movie series with a metal body. The sculpture is 120 feet wide, 60 feet deep and 50 feet tall. It weighs around 320 tons. It is made out of machinery components which were welded and transformed into this cool giant sculpture. The components used in it include a pair of bipolar electric dynamos and a chamber from Apollo space mission. At the top of the sculpture, a copper clad glass ball is fitted. It adds to the craggy look of the sculpture.
4. Robert Bradford’s Sculpture
The toys are the next thing which can be easily recycled and can be transformed into sculptures that looks cool and also add to the beauty of our environment. One such artist named Robert Bradford is best known for this purpose. He is known to have created plenty of sculptures out of recycled toys and plastic goodies. He has created many masterpieces and each one of them is made out of almost 3,000 discarded toys. No words to praise this man, he is a true green environment lover. He has made sculptures like a dog sculpture, a robot and many more which are open for sale to the public at price tag of £12,000 each. His artworks were placed in an exhibition at Henley Festival in July 2009.
5. Rock Garden
The Rock Garden located in Chandigarh, India is considered to be one of the most famous sculpture parks ever made out of recycled products. The garden is located in Sector 1 and is a tourist attraction. The artwork on display here is mostly made out of industrial and urban waste and things recycled out of it. This unique garden consists of various art objects and each one of them is remarkably stunning. It also serves as an open-air exhibition hall and sees hundreds of tourists daily.
6. Temple of Trash
Temples are a hot favorite for all recycling people as they focus mostly on building a worship place made completely out of recycled products. Such temples offer good ambiance and a healthy atmosphere. The Temple of Trash is one such sculpture made out of trash. It constantly inspires people who are keenly interested in the world of transformation and love making things out of trash. This huge temple was put on public display during the Folly Dock festival. The sculpture has a height of seven meters. It is 25 meters long and 10 meters wide. The sculpture is made completely out of PET bottles and is placed at Heijplaat, an old district of Rotterdam. It was built out of 100 tons of pressed bales of PET bottles.
7. Sculpture made from motorcycle parts
Motorcycle parts are another trash material widely used to create some unique and eco friendly stuff. This is one such sculpture made completely out of motorcycle components and looks pretty much like a robot. This design was made by the designers at RoboSteel who make such robots out of discarded material. This giant and muscular Motorcycle Man is named RoboMan and stands at a height of 2 meters. It took over 750 hours to make out this awesome sculpture which features more than a thousand motorcycle parts creatively hidden and joined into each other. Parts from Yamaha, Suzuki and many more brands of motorcycles were used.
8. Optimus Prime sculpture made from Junk
The Transformer fever is really hard to go and this time it is a real Optimus Prime made out of completely recycled and junk parts of various machines and engines. This is specially made for all Transformer lovers and this is going really high in market. Optimus is everyone’s favorite but this original avatar of the giant Optimus Prime is stunning. The sculpture was made using metal parts and has a height of 7 feet. The sculpture weighs around 550 pounds and costs $6,900. Also a small scaled version of this Autobot is available in the market, priced at an affordable price ranging from $275 to $700.