A French artist turns plastic waste into flowers
STORY: This isn't a real flower
These life-like blossoms
are made with recycled plastic waste
Location: Paris, France
They're the work of artist William Amor
who says it took him 15 years
to finesse his intricate technique
He uses plastic bottles and cigarette butts
that he collects off the streets of Paris
(William Amor, Artist)
“Each flower is made of a discarded plastic bag, material which I stumble upon, which I clean and sort out and which I will shape. Here, we see a piece made of everyday rubbish, here it's fishing nets shaped into pearls. Each fiber was used to shape into the flower's stamen.”
Amor says his artistic endeavor is a
small-scale effort to reduce plastic waste
