Miwa Koizumi: PET project – plastic water bottle art

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Miwa Koizumi: PET project – plastic water bottle art

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Anders writes –

Taking art from found objects to new depths, Miwa Koizumi uses heat guns and soldering irons to sculpt startlingly realistic sea creatures from discarded liquid containers. Her PET project cleverly takes its name from PET (polyethylene terephthalate) – the highly recyclable, plant-based oil the containers are made from.

Miwa Koizumi: PET project – plastic water bottles – [via] Link.

2 thoughts on “Miwa Koizumi: PET project – plastic water bottle art

  1. Azurefog says:

    Ok wait – “the highly recyclable, plant-based oil the containers are made from.” – yeah, it is plant based – as well as dinosaur based! Don’t let that phrase fool you – PET is a PETroleum based product…

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