15 awesome sculptures made using e-waste

E-waste is causing a lot of environmental concerns due to improper processing of the waste in most developing countries. E-waste can lead to serious health problems and pollution of the environment. Most components in the waste contain harmful contaminants like cadmium, lead, mercury, beryllium and other elements. Some creative designers have come up with many creative and striking pieces of artwork and sculptures by reusing scrap electronic parts. Let us take a look at 15 awesome sculptures made using e-waste.

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1. Sneakers

An artist from America, Gabriel Dinshaw has created the sneakers using only electronic waste materials. He has followed a special approach by choosing two different colors for either side of the shoes. He has added a blue color pop for the ascents and swoosh.

2. Chair with CD

Have a lot of CDs at home? Then here is an interesting way to use them all. Belen Hermosa has created a CD chair with the help of numerous waste CDs. Though you may not feel very comfortable to sit on it has done its part in helping the environment by preventing thousands of CDs from ending up in the landfills.

3. Dog sculpture

PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) and old chips gained new life when they were incorporated into the various parts of a sculpture designed to resemble a dog. This special sculpture shows the relationship between biology and machines. The sculpture was built at Brenda's studio with the help of her husband. Most of the waste materials were provided by her friends.

4. Replica of Neyland stadium

Dace Mann, an artist has created a tiny replica of the Neyland stadium by using numerous electronic waste materials gathered by his friends. The model is 8 inches wide, 10 inches long and about 4 inches high. The stadium is made up of ICs (integrated circuits) painted white, stuck together with glue to form the seats and the skyboxes. The field is made is painted sandpaper and the Jumbtron from the display screen of a cellphone.

5. Billboard

An advertising billboard has been created and setup by Arnold Advertising using different types of waste materials like electronic components, computer monitors etc. The board has 3-dimensional and bears huge letters that are 8 foot long.

6. E-waste man

A huge e-waste man is designed by the British Royal Society of Arts. It is known as the WEEE man and is situated at the Eden Project, Cornwall. The huge e-waste man is made using numerous waste monitors and other electronic scrap.

7. Giant Cellphone

A huge cellphone sculpture is the result of the eco-consciousness of an artist from Romania. His special sculpture is made of thousands of waste cellphone is situated at the Planet, Report Environmental & Film Festival.

8. Cellphone installation

An eco-artist has created a huge installation with the help of a frame that is 24 feet wide and 18 feet long. Numerous waste cellphones are used for creating the spectacular design. This piece of art gives a message – ‘toxic components from the cellphones and batteries are a serious problem to the environment. ‘

9. Biological virus

About 30 waste garbage computers were used for making the sculpture of viruses. The waste computers were collected from the pile of trash near an office building. The sculptures consist of different viruses from rhinovirus to cold. All of them are created using electronic parts and capacitors.

10. Special couch

If you visit the Mac Store located at Maryland Heights in Missouri you will be greeted by a special Macintosh couch. It is made of waste Macintosh computers. Since these were designed for carrying heavy monitors, the couch is very strong to hold real people.

11. Sea of CDs

About one million waste CDs are used for making this spectacular sea installation. It was created by Bruce Munro, an artist. The installation can be seen at Long Knoll Field, Wiltshire in England. More than 600,000 waste CDs from California and Brazil were also used.

12. Masks

Various electronic waste materials are used for making the creepy looking masks. The waste materials were collected from various houses.

13. Motorcycle

A motorbike has been designed by using recycled computer and VCR parts. For the demo run, the machine was powered with the help of a DC engine. The dimensions are 11 x 6 x 4 inches. The bike is designed by Alex Andeomeda.

14. Cyber animal

Ann Smith has used several types of waste appliances and electronic items to create real looking cyber animals. She has created various other sculptures that can be seen at the DeCordova Museum in Massachussets and Cog & Pearl boutique, Brooklyn.

15. Computer chairs

Different types of computer chairs are made using different recycled parts of computers. They are called 'Binary chairs.' Some of the items used for creating the sculpture include motherboards, LCD screens, computer chips and hard drives.