Jane Perkins' Recycled Garbage Art Uses Old Scraps Picked Up at Yard Sales
Akihiko Tse — October 1, 2013 — Art & Design
References: laughingsquid & designtaxi
Jane Perkins finds all the material she needs for her work at a Car Boot sale, or the equivalent of a yard sale, to do her recycled garbage art. Using old buttons, beads and discarded toys, the British artist repurposes pieces in the same way that she bought them to turn them into extravagant pieces of art to create portraits of famous people and everyday objects.
Perkins says that she never alters the color of any of the materials, and simply uses a hot glue gun to pin down the different-sized and shaped objects. Some of her work include a tidily made Albert Einstein -- complete with his white mustache and raggedy hair -- and the Statue of Liberty against a red backdrop. Her intricate use of buttons is especially noteworthy, highlighting the abundance and variation available on clothes.
Perkins says that she never alters the color of any of the materials, and simply uses a hot glue gun to pin down the different-sized and shaped objects. Some of her work include a tidily made Albert Einstein -- complete with his white mustache and raggedy hair -- and the Statue of Liberty against a red backdrop. Her intricate use of buttons is especially noteworthy, highlighting the abundance and variation available on clothes.
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