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    Art from Trash: Why Waste it?

    October 21, 2016

     
      
    LEO SEWELL
    Just can't get enough of waste
     

     

     

     

    While most artists working with recycled materials get into the idea later on in life, Leo Sewell grew up in a dump and was assembling pieces of trash together even as a boy. Since then, he’s actually developed and mastered his own assemblage technique involving nuts, bolts, and screws, enabling his creations to bear striking likenesses to the creatures he models them after while still allowing the bits of trash inside to be easily seen and recognized.

     

    By culling trash from all over Philadelphia, Sewell has been able to create installations of all sizes, from a life size house cat to a 40-foot-tall torch. In many cases, the materials reflect the subject; for example, his boxer sculpture features a number of dog chew toys.

     

     

     

     

     

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