US Soldier Uses Recycled Materials to Make Super Cool Action Figures
TreeHugger.com - Jaymi Heimbuch
While stationed in Khandahar, Afghanistan, Private First Class Rupert Valero filled his spare time building toys out of recycled materials. They capture a wonderful mix of imagination, whimsy, and craftiness, and they rank way up there with awesome upcycled goods.
Valero loves robots and 6" articulating action figures, and so it's only natural that he started crafting them in his spare time. He states, "The use of found items was based on what was available to me out there. Slowly, I amassed resources like paint and hobby tools”. Building the figures has helped him to interact and connect with the local people, since toys are universal.
Rupert is now back home and some of the action figures are available for sale at his Etsy store. You can also view a bunch of photos of his creations on Valero’s Flickr stream. What he's built goes beyond just cool toys -- these are works of upcycled art.
Photos - ALR Design
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Old School Buses Reincarnated Into a Working Bus Shelter
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At the intersection of West Broad and Alps Road in Athens, Georgia, if you're looking to catch a bus, you can wait at an innovative and recycled bus stop. It's made from three old school buses (years 1962, 1972 & 1977), with the seat taken from a decommissioned Atlanta city bus.
Artist Christopher Fennell says he makes “architectural skeletons from discarded objects. The materials I use have been cast out by society, for example: demolished barns, broken bicycles and downed trees. I transform these objects into dynamic pieces and connect them into recognizable shapes.”
Fennell tries to make his work site-specific and to take advantage of the surrounding landscape and architecture when he builds a piece. While he's in the process of building, though, he makes a big mess and, he's said, "Nobody knows what's going on."
To watch a short video about the construction process click on VIEW. See below for photos of the bus shelter; photos are from the artist.
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