Man brings new life to old electronics with beautiful sculptures
Electronics are one of the fastest-growing types of waste in the world, with many of our favourite devices only having a lifespan of three or four years. With this in mind, one artist has found a unique way to minimise his environmental footprint by recycling old, outdated televisions, computers and other devices into stunning insect sculptures.
“They look very futuristic, they look very mechanical,” Hobart artist Steve Wakeling told the ABC. “The wiring and the miniature detail that goes into the parts of a DVD player is amazing. They're very pretty.
“The parts that go into the bugs, they're rare parts and they're getting rarer. Pretty soon you won't see them unless they're in art.”
After looking through the gallery above, you may be shocked to learn that Wakeling has no formal art training, just an affinity for creating shapes. “Once you get the basic shapes together to look like a head, then you can add the fine detail like the horns, the eyes, the nose and everything.”
To see more of his pretty sculptures, click here, and tell us in the comments below, have you ever reinvented an old object into something new?
Images: Carol Rääbus / 936 ABC Hobart
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