Popular Visual Mastery - Bernard Pras

Bernard Pras is currently displaying his recycled artwork at the Mazel Gallery in Brussels, so I thought this might be a good opportunity to display some of his work, which is very fresh and inspiring for me, here.

His technic is very straight forward. When creating a recycled picture, he first locates an image from popular culture, and then builds his own interpretation on top of it using found objects, from bottle caps to turtle shells (as can be seen in the picture above).

Proportion is another strong aspect of his work. He creates life size and bigger than life pictures that decorate walls and preach sustainability in the best possible way - by leaving a strong impression on the viewer.

You can find great pictures from the Mazel Gallery display at Mazel Galerie's Photos - Bernard Pras - Objets Trouvés - Expo

Egg Crates transformed into 2.5D Art

Enno de Kroon (Netherlands) paints human portraits on used egg crates. The output is something halfway between a painting and a mask.

The egg crate's uneven nature brings with it a wonderful "2.5D" effect, as the artist defines it, and allows spectators to select their own point of view, which gives this art form a very personal nature.

Changing the painting's alignment provides various caricatures of the same figure, with all the drama and comedy involved, although de Kroon himself states it had taken him quite a long while before he could actually get his format into proper shape.

I find this inspiring and would very much like to experiment with this format myself.
By the way, We have just completed a new 5000 bottle caps wall carpet and intend to publish it next week on http://facebook.dj/recybo. Stay tuned!

EggCubism on the rise. Check out the entire flickr set, which actually reminds me of an amazingly distorted facebook catalogue. Don't you think so? hmm ;)

Endangered wild animals in LEGO - Sean Kenney

Philadelpia zoo uses the services of LEGO sculptor, Sean Kenney, to promomte awareness of endangered species, affected by pollution and climate change.

Zoo visitors watch an epocalyptic view of a dreadfully possible future zoo, where models of extinct animals are displayed instead of their living counterparts due to pollution and climate change effect on their natural environment.


The use of animal sculptures in a semi-natural environment is an interesting concept. The zoo itself is a man-made fabrication of nature, which is the only connection to nature for many city dwelling people.


Sean and his team of assistants had worked on this exhibition, named "HABITAT" & commisioned by the Philadelphia zoo, for months. It is on display April 10th - October 31st, 2010.

ReCycle By Ossy has recently published a new art work: In Coke We Trust - A 4' tall portrait of US President Barack Obama made of 1600 recycled bottle caps. Pay us a visit and tell us what you think.