a sustainable wall mosaic

Looks like wallpaper, right? It's actually tiles made from 80% post-consumer recycled glass bottles.

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trash menagerie

Now through May 2010 the Peabody Essex Museum is showing an exhibition consisting of art that was created using items that are typically throw away. The eco-friendly exhibit, called "Trash Menagerie," features 30 works of art such as this one - "Sulfur Blue Smeck" by Michelle Stitziein. The piece is made of 'mixed junk' which creates such an interesting composition and encourages the viewer to think about the relationship between nature and consumerism.