Junk mail art
One person’s junk is another person’s treasure or in Amanda Nelsen’s case, raw material for art. The artist built this 10 by 6 foot wall installation titled “Kinkade Recycled (Mountain Retreat)” created entirely from approximately 40,000 pieces of junk mail neatly bundled. Click for more photos.
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