Remembrance of a real tree

First post ever in instructables.

I have retrieved hundreds of discarded coffee cups and fashioned it into a life size tree. With this artwork, I wanted to communicate and raise awareness about the issue of non recyclable cups and encourage a sense of personal responsibility for the wasted cups that are destroying natural beauty and damaging the environment.

This might be a big piece, but whoever reads this and creates one themselves. We can all collaborate our piece and turn it into a forest and bring a bigger message=)

Step 1 Material

• Hot Glue gun

• scissor

• exacto knife

• ruler

• Scrap material (wood, pipes, and anything strong)

Comments

[polymythic]

 That is a wonderful project.  Reuse is a great thing, but raising the awareness also brings to mind there was a "use" step in the first place.  Reduce is just as important as reuse.  Thanks for the post!  Outstanding example of artwork driving home the point. 

[rfabioc]

thanx=)

[AlpineButterfly]

Wow... I think this is a wonderful way to raise awareness!  Love that you want to put it where you found the most coffee cups.  Talk about target audience...You could try at the source to (maybe people will think twice about not using a re-usable cup.   I had thought I could find the most cups AT the coffee shop (boy was I wrong).  I have to admit I miss tim bits  :-)   sigh! 

[iPD]

Gorgeous artistic work!
I think that is a good project to fight also for the big prize in a parallel competition ;o) - this sculpture real influences on the human imagination!

PS: Do you glued to the blue cup red on last layers?

[Skormofnight]

 GO RICH GO!!!! Finally a better use for tim's sludge buckets. Awesome work dude =D

[imshanedulong]

TIM HORTONS!! ALLRIGHT!


GO Canada!

[revelae]

this is awesome, but like kelseymh said, you might want to polish it a bit.

[rfabioc]

thanks

[schuchwun]

You should make it a maple tree seeing as you, and Tim Horton's are Canadian!

[rfabioc]

lol... my next tree=)

[lemonie]

You are Richard Chang?

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[rfabioc]

do i know you ?

[lemonie]

Do you ever drink in The Nook?

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[rfabioc]

nope

[lemonie]

Let me entertain the possibility that you are Richard Chang - have you ever published any papers, and which educational-establishment do you /did you attend?
(You've put nothing your profile)

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[rfabioc]

LOL..i go to ryerson university, it sounds like you might no me.

[Logan D]

 You posted videos authored by Richard Chang, Lemonie is most likely just making sure these ideas are authentically yours.

Btw, this is fantastic

[rfabioc]

oo....lol...yah i am Richard, and thanx

[kelseymh]

You'd think that an established artist would be able to use grammar and spelling properly.

[bob.the.devil]

you would think that a "pro" in instructables would know about the "be nice" comment policy.