Life is great. After decades of exploring cyberspace, we can still find new beautiful strange things like this almost every day. One of our favorites is by sculptor Villu Jaanisoo, an elephant constructed from used car tires.
Elephant 2018. Jyväskylä, Finland. 360 x 420 x 250 cm. Steel, recycled “tyres” Image use by permission from @livable_city203 on Instagram.
Elephant 2018. Jyväskylä, Finland. 360 x 420 x 250 cm. Steel, “recycled tyres.” Image from @modernartt on Instagram. Image use for News Reporting by True Strange News, Jan 2020. No copyright infringement intended.
Tire elephant. Image used by permission from @turkkasaarikoski on Instagram
Tire elephant. Image used by permission from @turkkasaarikoski on Instagram
In January 2019 the fast growing city of Jyväskylä had a population of 141,374. Here is another tire elephant creation.
Photographer unknown. Nashville artist Alex Lockwood of Elephant Gallery created this incredible life-sized sculpture of an Asian elephant out of recycled tires. The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee/ Image use for News Reporting by True Strange News, Jan 2020. No copyright infringement intended.
As long as they don’t become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, True Strange News would like to see hundreds of these popping up all over the place. So cool.
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love elephants thought this was so cool