Brilliant assemblage sculptor Jeremy Mayer has put up a new gallery of his work, which transforms parts from old typewriters into exotic, fanciful and expressive humans and animals.
See also: Humanoid sculptures made from old typewriters
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11:46 pm Tue
Jul 22, 2008
Old typewriters turned into beautiful, expressive animals and people
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