Good artists have a way with transforming the materials of everyday life into something memorable. For example: Drinking straws, which a number of artists and designers have used to create some pretty amazing objects. Here's five who've taken the medium down different paths.
Here: The Gulp chandelier, by uber-talented graphic designer Tim Fishlock.
[Via Contemporist]
A detail of Gulp.
Sculptor
Annie Varnot uses drinking straws, pompoms, and lights to hyper-colored effect. In the foreground, Swelling, on display
Another piece by Varnot, Trap.
Detail.
The Clutch light...
...the tubular shape of the straws diffuses the light in a lovely, eerie way.
...but since the straws are tubular, when you look through the screen, you can only see what's directly on the other side in your line of sight. It creates a stunning, ghostly effect.
[Via DesignBoom]
The artist
Tara Donovanrecently won a MacArthur "Genius" Grant, which recognized her for turning masses of everyday things--from styrofoam cups to golf pencils--into huge, stunning, sprawling art installations. Haze is made only of clear stacked drinking straws. (You can view a tour of Donovan's best work
here.)
Donovan achieves the appearance of floating clouds by varying the length of each straw.
Haze has been installed many times. In this case, it took over an entire gallery.
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