In The Fold – Recycled Clothing Sculpture
14 April 2010
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By: NewNaturalista
Here’s certainly an interesting way to drive home the point of how much clothing we throw out a year.
Last September, artist Derick Melander created a monumental sculpture from 3,615 pounds of second hand clothing. The resulting piece was a 5 x 7 foot cube made in 4 sections.
Why 3,615 pounds? Melander says that’s the amount of textile waste created by New Yorkers every 5 minutes. Thousands of once loved and lived in pieces of clothing can’t be discarded easily. Check out the amazing process below!
Into The Fold, Brooklyn Borough Hall from Derick Melander on Vimeo.
For more on Melander’s project go to: derickmelander.com
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WOW!!! We must really stop wasting and using so many clothing. Very creative how he utilized and codensed the discarded clothing for a piece of art, nice.
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