Scrap Electronics Repurposed as Art by Arizona artist Joe Drag uses computers to be junked at the local recycling center, reports Wired.
“Seeing the stack of old computers, the idea just struck me,” he says. “The motherboards can make for a really neat canvas. The complexity and patterns of all the circuits could make for stunning backgrounds.”
Dragt picks over computers like an eco-conscious vulture, saving motherboards for canvases and eye-catching circuits for sculptures. Leftover plastic and scrap metal are recycled. Hazardous elements go to a computer-disposal plant in Phoenix. Any cash he earns recycling all this stuff buys more paint.
Read more: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/scrap-electronics-as-art/