Yong Ho Ji (or Ji Yong Ho, I’m not sure which is more correct) makes sculptures out of old tires. The decision to use recycled materials, and tires nonetheless, says a lot about our environment (whether or not the artist meant it to). But putting all that commentary aside, I would just like to explain how absolutely awe-struck I am by these works. I mean, they’re awesome.
These few examples don’t really do any justice to the breadth of the work, either. You should check out the website to get a better picture of the wide variety of organic forms this person has built out of tires. Aside from sculpting herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, anthropods, etc… there is also a whole section of hybrid animals, including hybrid humans:
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