
Virginia art student Ryan Lytle created Nautilus, the awesome 3D sculpture shown above, from bottle caps, lots of wire, some keys, a gas mask lens and other recycled materials. Lytle calls the process of wrapping and weaving wire into art “cathartic” and says the changeable nature of the medium, added to the aging process of exposed metal, reminds him “of the progression of life.” More photos of Nautilus are available on his Flickr. Link
via Laughing Squid

Dutch artist Anneke Jacobs collected discarded Chiquita banana cartons and stitched them together into a fabulous chandelier with regular office staples: Link

