Electrical wire art

Iranian artist Salman Koshroo creates brilliant, anthropomorphic, humanoid figures out of ENT electrical wire. Each starts off as a basic wireframe onto

Flowers made from the insides of an old comms cable. Blogged here thiscraftinglife.blogspot.com/2010/09/re-wired-flowers.html

Artist Federico Uribe (previously here and here) just released a lovely new collection of work made from electrical and a/v cables called, appropriately, Contectado. Uribe works almost exclusively with multitudes of repurposed objects to create vibrantly colored sculptures and 2D artworks like this. Via Now: Uribe creates sculptures which are not sculpted but constructed and weaved, in all kinds of different ways, curious and unpredictable, repetitive and almost compulsive. More

United Kingdom-based designer Alexandra Sipa creates spellbinding accessories and garments from waste electrical wires. The Central Saint Martins’ graduate initially was inspired to experiment with wires as textiles when her headphones broke, leading her to extract the colorful coils and cables to create wire lace. The designer learned to craft vibrant lace from YouTube videos,Continue reading "Waste Electrical Wires Are Woven into Delicate, Lace Garments by Designer Alexandra Sipa"

Collaborative project idea for JH - everyone gets a word. Place in a shadowbox.

Bronze, electronic components, copper wire, cement, steel , 135 cm x 55 cm x 55 cm, 2016

Iranian artist Salman Khoshroo is making his way in sculpture and we couldn’t be happier about it.

Photos by Kevin Rolly Work by KASEY MCMAHON CONNECTED // Self Portrait // Multimedia • 2010 Steel, CAT5 and other data cables // Life size

There are so many ways that you can use old electrical cords. Here are 13 of the most creative ideas we could find for recycling them! From cord window treatments, keychains, belts or even a guitar strap - these clever DIY projects will have you thinking twice about throwing those pesky wires away.