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A Novel Way to Recycle Cardboard

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Terry Cullen

Nov 11, 2022

Japan

Categories:

Art, Sculpture, Recycling

Monami Ohno is a 3D animator by training but has, instead, taken on a new art form, sculpting. And she does it with cardboard, Amazon cardboard boxes. This article comes from Brighter Side of News, September 2021.


Her cardboard sculptures are intricate and exciting to behold appearing in exhibitions in Japan. Ohno's sculpture is done in astonishing and larger-than-life detail. Some of her works include an Omega watch (back and front in fine detail; see lead picture), a Cup of Noodle Soup with a Fork, a McDonald’s Big Mac meal, a Star Wars Millennium Falcon ship, an R2D2 Robot, and Nike Basketball Shoes, among many others. You can find Monami’s art in magazines, websites, and in the news in Japan.


Recycling materials into art is not new. However, it does inspire one to find new uses for the ever-present cardboard boxes that seem to be a growing part of our delivery-at-home culture. Sculpting cardboard could be a fun and challenging project for your hometown, schools, churches, community centers, and art programs. Imagine if your local community could get its name on the map as the cardboard art capital. And if not, please recycle it.


Did you know that the average American uses 7 trees per year in paper and cardboard?

Recycling just one tonne of cardboard will save 46 gallons of oil, 4000kW of electricity, 6.6 million Btu’s of energy, 9 cubic yards of landfill space, 17 trees, and 7000 gallons of water.

Courtesy of Cardboardbalers.org.


To view this image and more of Monami's art, please visit her at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monamincb/

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Catalog #:

1022.100.02.111122

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