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Artist Upcycles Trash By Sculpting Vibrant Coral-Like Growths On It, And We’re Digging The Message

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Anything can become art in the hands of a true talent. Stephanie Kilgast takes discarded items like cans, broken plates, jars and sculpts around them, giving the trash new lives as pieces of art.

The French artist uses polymer clay to create nature-inspired forms sprout from the found objects. "My work is an ode to life, where plants and fungi meet insects, animals, and minerals," she writes on her website. "These encounters are growing in a colorful swirl of diversity, and the erratic growth develops on found objects, in a dialogue between humanity and nature."

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Artist Makes Unexpectedly Colorful Life Forms Grow Out Of Trash

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Maria K 6 years ago

I absolutely love the color and the detail in this one.. I could stare at it for hours!

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Artist Makes Unexpectedly Colorful Life Forms Grow Out Of Trash

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Squishyshiba 6 years ago

I get it the eyes are the camera's lenses

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Artist Makes Unexpectedly Colorful Life Forms Grow Out Of Trash

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Diver Driver 6 years ago

Reminds me of asparagus....

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Artist Makes Unexpectedly Colorful Life Forms Grow Out Of Trash

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Caleb Sogge 6 years ago

Awwwwww, its a water bear!

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Artist Makes Unexpectedly Colorful Life Forms Grow Out Of Trash

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catarie 6 years ago

this is one of my favorites do you agree??

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Artist Makes Unexpectedly Colorful Life Forms Grow Out Of Trash

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Suzana Stantic 6 years ago

I hate bugs... But this is lovely <3

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Artist Makes Unexpectedly Colorful Life Forms Grow Out Of Trash

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sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago

Yes, the many oil spills are doing tremendous damage to everything in the ocean, including the fish we eat !!!

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Caleb Sogge 6 years ago

I like how these are mostly made of shiny tin cans. Gives masterpieces like this even more prettiness.

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Antoinette Duarte 6 years ago

These flowers and their smiles are contagious!

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Caleb Sogge 6 years ago

Why the mouth? I like but it's kinda creepy...

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Artist Makes Unexpectedly Colorful Life Forms Grow Out Of Trash

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Caleb Sogge 6 years ago

Ladybuglike creatures are impossible underwaterbut this is cute!

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Jason Abillama-Villegas 6 years ago

I'm glad I finally clicked on this, very cool... not to dumb it down, but it reminds me of the movie Annihilation, which I also enjoyed.

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Vernice Aure 6 years ago

They're Jitter Bugs.

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catarie 6 years ago

looks magical if it was real!!

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Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

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Vernice Aure 6 years ago

Wow. These are amazing. Does anybody know what media the artist used?

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Emma Qiu 6 years ago

It's polymer clay, she has some tutorial videos up on Youtube

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Diver Driver 6 years ago

So Creative. I SCUBA and really looks coral reefish. Love the broken plate. Thanks for sharing!

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Elina Kuusisto 6 years ago

So cool!!

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Vernice Aure 6 years ago

Wow. These are amazing. Does anybody know what media the artist used?

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Emma Qiu 6 years ago

It's polymer clay, she has some tutorial videos up on Youtube

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Diver Driver 6 years ago

So Creative. I SCUBA and really looks coral reefish. Love the broken plate. Thanks for sharing!

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Elina Kuusisto 6 years ago

So cool!!

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