Game Fish by Larry Fuente

In this Found Art piece entitled "Game Fish", artist Larry Fuente uses hundreds of toy parts and board game pieces.  Amoung them are dice, beads, toy soldiers, paint brushes, coins, and a doll's arm.

Fuente appeared in his funky Found Art car at the July 4th Parade in Mendocino, CA, where he currently lives.

Stop-Motion Grafitti by Blu and David Ellis

Artists Blu and David Ellis collaborated last year to make the short film "Combo", where an unsuspecting building site in Italy becomes a work of Found Art.  The artists use graffiti and stop-motion filming to create this incredible piece.  Check it out below.  (It loops twice, so it's only half the length it claims to be).


COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.

Sunflower in Orchard School's Art Garden

Orchard School in Ridgewood, NJ is in the process of making an "Art Garden", which will include pieces such as this Found Art sunflower:

Judy Malhotra, Orchard's art teacher, explains:

It is about 6 feet tall and made from cans and a large plastic garbage can lid.  We are building a community art garden out back of the studio and this will be in the ground.  We are actually working on a large welded piece that deals with recycled materials also for the garden.

Malhotra was my art teacher when I went to Orchard, and she always encouraged the use of found objects in art.  I once made a pink flamingo out of a recycled trombone she'd brought in!  Her students' beautiful work can be seen online at Orchard School's Artsonia Page.

Random Screen, by Aram Bartholl

Random Screen, by Aram Bartholl (a German artist), uses tea candles and modified aluminum cans to create an ever-changing, randomized pixelated screen.  Heat from the candles rises through the aluminum can, creating movement.  A true piece of found art!

On his website, Bartholl even includes instructions on how to make it: http://datenform.de/rscreeneng.html

Random Screen (v.3) from aram bartholl on Vimeo.