If you're looking to put your junk drawer to good use, check out these found art projects. Now you actually have a reason to clean out your attic.
You don't have to be an art-lover to appreciate these found art projects. From eco-DIY jewelery to garbage necklaces, you are sure to see something that will catch your eye.
Implications - Some stand outs in this collection of found art projects has got to be the toys made from trash, the creepy recycled sculptures, as well as the eco taxidermy. I really love the newsy recycled art though because it's an interesting take on reducing people's carbon footprint on the planet. Can you imagine a world where all of our garbage gets converted into art?
28 Found Art Projects
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3D Garbage Portraits
Bernard Pras Makes Art from the Most Random Found Objects
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Wearing Bones, Antlers & Horns
Eye-Popping Ethnic Eco Accessories by Dandi Maestre
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Steampunk Insect Jewelry
‘Kafka Clocks' From Noveau Motley Are Like Mini Shadowboxes
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Insects From Found Objects
Insect Art by Chris Goodwin
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Chaotic Contained Photography
Anne Hardy Gives the World a Disturbing Look Into Another World
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Garbage Jewelry
Ann Ellis Recycles Trash into Colorful Wearable Art
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Toys From Trash
Found Object Assemblage
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Eco Taxidermy
Geoffrey Gorman's Faux Scrap Animals Are PETA Friendly
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Trippy Typography Art
Greg Lamarche's Pieces at Show and Tell Gallery In Toronto
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Punk Junk Chandeliers
Lighting From Liberated Kitchen Gadgets
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Re Ciclos by Culdesac: The Recycled Art of Lladro
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Quirky Art from Found Objects
Weird Whimsy is Always a Winner
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Creepy Recycled Sculptures
Nemo Gould Robots
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Dead Shoulder Pets
'Idiots' Create Morbid Animal Jewelery and Other Odd Objects
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Nautical Wall Lamps
The Nostalgic Art Donovan Steampunk Lighting Line is Radiant
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Furniture From Industrial Waste
Scrap Lab Recycles Manufacturing Off-Cuts Into Seating
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Omen Dolls
Stephanie Alice Rogers' Creepy Characters
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Recycled Gadget Guns
These Aaron Ristau Mechanical Sculptures are Fascinating
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Eco DIY Jewelry
Pop-Culture Bangles Made From Found Objects by the Naughty Secretary Club
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Steamy Stove Artwork
Stuart Haygarth Presents New Show at Haunch of Venison in London
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Quirky Recycled Lighting
Bright Ideas Turn Found Objects Into Fun Lamps
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Nature Inspired Furniture Design
Nature Nurtures
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Shoreline Lamps
The Fragment Lights by Anzfer Farm Are Fashioned From Found Objects
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Found Object Accessories
Designers Look to Nature to Spruce Up S/S ‘09 Styles
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Plastic Bag Lamps
Anne-Cecile Rappa's Bright Idea Using Recyclables for Fixtures
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Encouraging Optimism
“Wouldn't It Be Nice” Art Exhibition
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Newsy Recycled Art
Jen Schultes' Papier-Mache Birds & Art Bowls of Junk Mail & Old Newspaper
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Inflatable Toy Installations
Jeff Koons Shows Shiny Undies & Blow-Up Sea Creatures
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Nostalgic Crayon-Inspired Jewelry
Nadine Ghosn Crayola Pack Collab Debuts as Limited Edition
Collectible Historical Figurines
PIX! is Dropping Designs Inspired by Icons in Art, Music & More
Car Part-Repurposed Furniture
MSCHF Creates a Furniture Capsule Using Mercedes-AMG Cars
Anime-Inspired Wooden Collectibles
Puremind Unveils Its 'Dragon Ball' Wooden Collectibles
Sculpturally Formed Jewelry Collections
Taras Yoom Designs the Cyber Zombie Collection
Brick Toy-Inspired Jewelry
Studio GOGO's LEGO-Inspired Jewellery is Made to Be Played With
Toy-Inspired Jewelry Collections
Hot Wheels x ALEX AND ANI Drop a Jewelry Line Inspired By Toys
Art-Integrated Tech Accessories
The CASETiFY x Tate Collection Reimagines Iconic Artwork
Tiny Pet Habitat Collectibles
MGA's Miniverse: Make It Mini Animals Crafts Small Dwellings
Chic Artisanal Jewerly Ranges
Judy Carter Launches Her Eponymous Artisanal Brand — JUDE
Revived Celebrated Home Decor
Ikea Brings Back Archives in the Nytillverkad Vintage Collection
Analog Creativity-Inspired Installations
Moleskine Presents 'Unleash Your Genius' at BASE Milano
Faux Food Pop-Ups
MoMA Design Store Unveils an Immersive 'MoMA Mart' Pop-Up for NYC
Artfully Functional Home Accessories
Ilan Rubin Introduces the New ilan Collection of Decor
Global Retrospective Exhibitions
NIGO: From Japan with Love opens at London’s Design Museum
Protest Art Exhibitions
CART Department’s Ai Weiwei LEGO Story Revisits Censorship and Activism
3D-Printed Wooden Furniture Series
A Team of Designers Created Projects with EconitWood
Community 3D-Printed Toys
3D Printing Elves Launches Free Toy Program for Children
Exploded Car Sculptures
Uncrate’s Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Airfix-Style Installation
Design-Forward Funerary Urn Exhibitions
Alessi's Il Tornitore Matto Project is Thought-Provoking
Compact Canned Houseplants
Trader Joe’s Mini Can Foliage Turns Product Packaging into Home Decor
Textile-Topped Table Design
The Tumble Tables Elevate Sustainability Through Sculptural Form
Japanese Craft Exhibitions
Hyakkō Exhibition Presents Works by More Than 100 Japanese Makers
Inflatable Vibrant Art Installations
ENESS Creates an Inflatable Forest Dancer Exhibition
Cigarette Waste Hats
Olivia Gino Turned an Abundant Source of Litter into a Shearling-Style Hat
Everyday Sustainable Bags
Out of the Woods Offers Versatile Bags for Essentials
3D-Printed Fidget Toys
Jigglets are Produced with Less Waste Than Traditional Toys
Perfume-Crafting Collectibles
Miniverse Make It Mini Fragrances Makes Real, Wearable Scents
DIY Food Collectibles
MGA's Miniverse Make It Mini From Scratch Fuses Collecting & Crafting
Imaginative Modern Outdoor Furniture
Thomas Heatherwick Designs the In-Side Collection for Magis
Recycled Material Furniture
Project Materia Presents Furniture Made from Mater's Recycled Matek
Multidisciplinary Art Shows
These Thoughts May Disappear Shows Jack White’s First Public Art Show
Art-Inspired Toy Collections
Hape x The Met Makes Masterpieces Accessible & Play-Inspiring
Creativity-Inspiring Kids Campaigns
Cra-Z-Art Inspires Young Creative Beauty-Focused Campagn
Supermarket-Inspired Nail Art Designs
Aldi Dropped a Festival-Inspired Nail Art Collection
Neon Illuminated Art Installations
Morag Myerscough Creates the Love and Unity Sculpture
Art-Transformed Home Products
Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog Sculptures are Now a Light and Speaker
Stackable Flat-Pack Furniture
The Bug Collection Reimagines Modular Furniture for Sustainability
Artist-Adorned Contemporary Fashion Capsules
The Stella McCartney x Jeff Koons Capsule is Chic
Art-Tech Zine Collaborations
twentynine zine Turns AI Nostalgia to Art Using Yoga 9i Aura Edition
Glitch Art Creators
Glitch Image Generator Creates Digital Glitch Effects Directly in the Browser
Mycelium-Crafted Organic Tables
Studio TOOJ Introduces the Duk Series of Table Designs
Whimsy Art Exhibitions
House of Creatures at Milan Design Week Presents Symbolic Objects
Build-Your-Own Sound Sculptures
UTOOTO Invites Collective Creation of Interactive Audio Structures
3d-Printed Rubble Furniture
Inorganic Growth by Bentu Design Transforms Demolished Urban Villages
Playful Sculptural Collections
Tuleste Factory's Afterglow Series Has Whimsy High-Design Objects
Utensil Waste Lighting
Fold Oslo Nytt Lys Capsule Shows How Light Can Emerge from Old Materials
Mix-and-Match Scented Bracelets
Jelly Bands Simplify Jewelry-Making with Snappable Beads
Welcome Gift Design Kits
Earth’s Hatch Kit Reimagines a Welcome Gift with Practical Home Tools
Hybrid STEM Activity Kits
Brainstorm's Science Activity Kits Pair Hands-On Play & Online Tutorials
Mythical Forest-Inspired Furniture
Victoria Yakusha Designs the Sculptural Grun’ Collection
Retro Jelly Mold-Inspired Mirrors
Ready to Hang Presents the Jelly Mirror Collection
3D-Printed Recycled Construction Materials
Vitriform3D Turned Waste Glass into Building Materials
Playful Balloon Sculptures
Cj Hendry Unveiled 'Keff Joons' to Commemorate Jeff Koons
Cork Bottle Terrarium Puzzles
44th_brick Designs the LEGO Terrariums as a Set
Crystal Floral Arrangement Kits
Cra-Z-Art's DIY Crystal Floral Kits Double as Decor for All Ages
Fungi-Inspired Multidisciplinary Art Projects
Black Void Presents the Ethereal Biosphere 3
Resin Hardware Revivals
Elyse Graham Turns Resin Offcuts into Sculptural Knobs for Meta Hardware
Collaborative Upcycled Collections
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Works with Toyota for Upcycled Goods
DIY Home-Centric Intricate Toolkits
Lainy Hedaya Hoffstein Designs the TINKR Toolkit
Museum-Inspired Art Toys
Met x Kidrobot Dunny Alters Monet’s Bouquet of Sunflowers into a Figure
Miniaturized Product Art Photographs
Taysuya Tanaka Highlights MUJI Products with Small Muji
Island Summer Craft Workshops
Nantucket Historical Association Launches Theatre of Craft
Handcrafted Jewelry Brands
Pretty Weird Embraces Unconventional Materials with Nostalgic Themes
Flower Waste Vases
Petal Vase by Rebloom Studio Transforms Discarded Blooms into Sculptural Form
Japanese Art-Inspired Water Bottles
Takeya Recently Launched the Kintsugi Collection
Science-Backed Wooden Installations
Kristina Pulejkova Creates the Seed Stories Installation
AI-Driven Ceramic Art
Vera Van Der Burg’s Text-To-Clay Project Uses Ai to Generate Ceramic Forms
Recycled Desk Trays
Tray210 is a Circular Organizer Made from Multiple Recycled Plastic Blends
Artful Sculptural Objects
Massproductions x ARKET Launch Sculptural Objects for Everyday Use
Organic Ceramic Sculptures
Janny Baek's Life Forms Exhibition Presents Evolving Clay Structures
Otherworldly Wooden Art
Donald Wasswa's Wooden Sculptures Conjure Futuristic Speculative Creatures
Abandoned Bikes-Turned Art
Objects from Frames by Cara Campos Repurposes Bicycles into Furniture
International Jewelry-Focused Digital Marketplaces
Jeweler Collective Emphasizes Artistry
Miniature Household Cleaners
The 5% Collection by Grove Co. Shares an Important Recycling Reminder
Daily Ritual Objects
The Routines Collection by Morontacasanova Makes Moments Feel Like Ritual
Sculptural Mixed-Media Designs
Nathalie Van der Massen and Karen Verlinden Create Folded Echoes
Palaeolithic Art-Inspired Collections
Taras Yoom Unveils a New Capsule Dubbed Echoes of Time
Archival Furniture Exhibits
The Grain Pile Show by Max Radford Gallery X Ercol Reimagine Furniture
Winged Storage Boxes
The Flutterbox Combines Sculpture and Function in a Playful Airborne Design
Interactive Themed Educational Boxes
Enlightened Generation’s Themed Boxes Serve Children
3d Printed Lighting Sets
Tierra, Mar Y Aire by Faro Barcelona Explores Circular Material Systems
Japanese-Inspired Recycled Pavilions
Second Edition's Love Shack is Made of Recycled Materials
Tech-Inspired Art Merch
Computer Vision Pin Transforms Machine Recognition Into Wearable Art
Air-Infused Material Experiments
Project Ara Explores Air and Biomimicry as Lightweight Material
Sculptural Writing Tools
Experimental Pencils Rethinks the Humble Pencil as a Tool for Expression
Printed Flatware Exhibitions
Marta's Knife, Fork, Spoon 3.0 Explores Cutlery Through 3d Printing
Sculptural Gallery Art Exhibitions
Kennedy Yanko Presents Two New Galleries in NYC
Cohesive Waste Management Systems
Caraway Home Debuts the Trash & Recycling Collection
Redesigning Restful Moments
The ANEW Project Turns Daily Objects into Mini Retreats
Dumpster Pencil Holders
Desk organization with a humorous twist
Waste-Derived Fashion Materials
Detox Bio-Embellishments Sequins Turn Dye Sludge into Design
Interactive Marine Ecosystem Sculptures
Randi Renate & Beatriz Chachamovits Protect Ecosystems
Sustainable Creative Craft Series
The Fyrn Studio Series Redefines Waste as High-End Design
Experimental Pottery Vessels
The Gourd Project Reimagines Integrity and Growth in Ceramic Forms
Artful British Craftsmanship Capsules
Faye Toogood Unveils Assemblage 7: Lost and Found II
Sculptural Object Series
Lim Wooteck Studio EGOSYSTEM Dip Series Reimagines Tools as Furniture
Identity-Exploring Artful Designs
MAIII Collective Presents Fragments in Stockholm
Sustainable Side Furniture
The Re Up Side Tables Crafted with Recycled Plastic and Wood
Multimedia Art Exhibitions
Harmony Korine's Perfect Nonsense Opens at ICA Miami Exhibition
Sculptural Paper Designs
Fragmenti by Daniele Papuli Blurs Art & Furniture Through Layered Paper
Nature-Inspired Modern Furniture
Alcarol Introduces its IMPRINT Collectio in Milan
Utilitarian Design Series
D/Partment Introduces Functional Pieces for the Modern Home
Generational Japan Paintings
Tetsuya Ishida Opens His First French Exhibition at Gagosian Paris
Reimagined Monolithic Furniture Designs
Dmitry Kozinenko Creates Fossil Furniture for oito design
Modern Durable Trash Receptacles
Coated Outdoor Furniture Taunts Its 32-Gallon Trash Receptacle
Creative Home Collections
IKEA is Imaginative with Its Brand-New GREJSIMOJS Capsule
Tree Sap-Binding Timber Furniture
Earth to People Introduces Salvage and Sap Collection
Garden-Inspired Jacquard-Woven Tapestries
Kiki of Kiki and Joost Created Memories of a Garden
Recycled Lighting Designs
The Nytt Lys Collection Presents Lighting Made from Reclaimed Materials
Artist-Edition Jigsaw Puzzles
Kinstlertaps Nicole Appel and Ken Gun Min for Its Products
Designer-Led Crafting Kits
Michaels Launches the All-New Jonathan Adler Collection
DIY Inspiration Apps
Daily DIY Reminder App Delivers Creative Upcycling Ideas And Reminders
Community-Centric Sculptural Installations
Naoto Fukasawa & Jakuets Design the Playful Sculptures
Explosion-Damaged Sculpture Series
Light into Darkness Reconstructs Damaged Ukrainian Artefacts
Curated Pop Art Auctions
Pharrell’s JOOPITER Revisits Andy Warhol’s Print with a Curated Auction
Playful Accent Tables
The Bug Tables Bring Digital Glitch Design into Tactile, Everyday Furniture
Virtual Craft Fusions
The Arnardo Collection by Paddy Pike Merges Digital Modeling & Design
Health Object Art Exhibitions
Out of Orifice Explores Interfaces Between Body, Design, & Intimacy
Layered Archival Apartments
Bergman Design House Renovates an Apartment Around Collectible Objects
Saucer-Shaped Nestled Galleries
Buro Ziyu Zhuang’s Prairie Ark Explores Rural Memory and Shelter
Craft Starter Kits
Noah Makes It Easy to Begin a New Hobby
Analog Nostalgia Installations
Back to Basics II Celebrates Retro Tech with Vivid Paper Sculptures
Artful Activism Shows
The Snowflake Exhibition by Donald Moffett Explores Abstraction & Activism
Sculptural Art Dining Sets
Art-Ware Turns into Sculptural Objects That Never Need Cabinet Storage
Raw Metal Design Shows
Nick Valentijn Solo Show reveals imperfect beauty in hand-crafted metal
Philanthropy Art Marketplaces
TheFaunaClub Connects Wildlife Conservation With Art And Giving
Private Inspiration Archives
'Objets' Collects Ideas, References, and Personal Discoveries Offline
Artfully Dynamic Vessels
Devin Wilde Explores the Function of Ornament with Artful Vessels
Giant Chicken-Like Art Installations
Phineas Harper Designs the Heir and a Spare Coop Set
Clutter-Concealing Pouf Seats
The Stuffable Upcycling Pouf Hides Items in Plain Sight
Salvaged Materials House
Iris Residence by Tres Birds Uses Reclaimed Materials & Low-Energy Design
Upcycled Summer Apparel
The OUR LEGACY WORK SHOP NATURA Collection Includes Regenerated Garments
Geometric Ceramic Collections
Jessica Rust Designs the Limn Collection with a Modern Feel
Mud Clad Restaurants
Petti Restaurant by Wallmakers Uses Earth and Marine Waste Construction
Product Discovery Maker Communities
JustGotFound Helps Independent Products Reach New Audiences
Speaker Part-Garnered Art Installations
Juyong Shim Presents NEW CRAFTMANSHIP: A NEW WORLD
Birdhouse Design Projects
Birdhouse by Kids Translates Children’s Sketches into Built Structures
Student Art Exhibitions
Lebanese Students Design in Conflict Shows Student Work Shaped by Crisis