Dense, beautiful sculptures made from thrift scores

Swedish sculptor Michael Johansson creates beautiful, dense sculptures made from charity shop and yard-sale finds, arranged by similarity in tetrisoids and other odd fittings. Check out the link for some enormous pieces made from carefully fitted furniture, as well.

Michael Johansson (via Core 77)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

MORE: art • assemblage • gomi • Happy Mutants • sculpture • sweden

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http://celesteagnes.blogspot.com/ Sekino

That second picture is my broom closet. I am not joking.
- Little John
  
  …and your broom is at the back?
  - http://celesteagnes.blogspot.com/ Sekino
    
    No, I keep the broom in the kitchen :P
scott ghelfi

Reminds me of a woman on the last season of Hoarders . . .
http://twitter.com/pjbaldes pete baldes

Jared Clark does better work: http://www.jaredlindsayclark.com/index.php?/bruce/bilds/
- kP
  
  not really… Johansson has a better eye for color, and frankly, Clark’s look menacing, especially for trees.
- dallapozza
  
  Funny, as soon as I saw this post I emailed Jared to see if he knew Johansson’s work before seeing your comment. I just showed with Jared Clark in Los Angeles.
  
  http://control-room.org/index.php?/project/jared-clark–michael-john-kelly/
  http://try-har-der.blogspot.com/2011/07/jared-clark-michael-kelly-control-room.html
  http://try-har-der.blogspot.com/2011/07/jared-clark-michael-kelly-control-room_19.html
  
  I think he’ll be very excited by this work.
kP

Dr Ray Stantz: Symmetrical book stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.
Dr. Peter Venkman: You’re right, no human being would stack books like this.
PaulDavisTheFirst

thrift stores are fun; thrift scores … not so sure.
rakatko

After the jump….
I’ve never seen such a callous misuse of flat files, card catalogs, and other types of cabinetry in my entire life.
Donald Petersen

My parents are moving at the end of the month. With this guy’s help, we could rent a much smaller U-Haul.
nosehat

Swedish sculptor Michael Johansson creates beautiful, dense sculptures made from charity shop and yard-sale finds

These are certainly beautiful. But I can’t help thinking about the people that donated their still-useful stuff to a charity shop, with the expectation that someone less fortunate would be able to keep using it.