British artist Henry Moore once said, “Sculpture is an art of the open air.” Sculptures can be created using any element in the world. Pulled together from natural or manmade materials, these statuesque symbols range from mobiles like those made by Alexander Calder to figures sculpted from snow and ice. There is no limit to what can be created by the human hand with a little bit of ingenuity.
Cities across the world incorporate statues to complement the cityscape, and these art pieces stand tall at every major junction. However, marble and stone aren’t the only things they can be made with. These 20 striking sculptures found all across the planet are made from the oddest, most unconventional materials.
1. Chewing Gum Statue, created by 3000 students from the Dutch art colleges of Eindhovense and SintLucas
(huffpost)
2. The fully-functioning Triceratops Tractor by an unknown author
3. Stocking Sculptures, made from pantyhose by Dutch artist Rosa Verloop
(rosaverloop)
4. The Osamu Watanabe Collection of Candy Sculptures
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5. Big Appetites, food-based miniature sculptures by Christopher Boffoli
(Big Appetites & thisiscolossal)
6. Robert Bradford’s Recycled Toy Sculptures
7. The Transparent God Paper Sculpture by Peter Callesen
(Peter Callesen/ mymodernmet)
8. The Nike Ballman, The Nike World Cup Sculpture created by Nike entirely out of soccer balls
(By Junior Mukeba, Wikimedia Commons)
9. Intricate Sculptures made out of pasta, created by Sergey Pakhomov
(foodiggity)
10. 3-D Sculptures made of straws, created by Sang Sik Hong
(patrajdas)
11. Underwater Sea Statuettes, made from a cement finish that promotes the growth of coral, by Jason deCaires Taylor
(underwatersculpture)
12. A Chopstick Dragon at the entrance and opening of Cafe Asiatage in Russia is partly created by passers-by
13. Burnt Sugar Art, made by Jonas Etter
(collabcubed)
14. Stunning plastic bag sculptures by Khalil Chishtee
(mymodernmet)
15. Sculpture made of old plastic toys and kitchen utensils, created by Sayaka Ganz
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16. Skull-pture made from old pots and pans, created by Subodh Gupta
(i.pinimg)
17. Inflatable sculptures, part of the Jeff Koons Exhibit at Switzerland’s Fondation Beyeler showcase
(By Jeff Koons, Wikipedia)
18. Scotch Tape Statue from 2011 Off The Roll Contest, created by Kent Hathaway
(globenewswire)
19. Shadow, an art installation using laundry, created by Kaarina Kaikkonen
(freeyork)
20. Sculptures made from Domino and Scrabble tiles, created by British Artist David Mach
(ifitshipitshere)
