Amazing Futuristic Styrofoam Art Made from Found Packaging

Consumer <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-gadgets/">electronics</a> are some of the most popular <a href="http://inhabitat.com/greenholidaygiftguide/">gift choices</a> for the holidays, but imagining the heaps of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/egregious-packaging-hall-of-shame-styrofoam/">packaging material</a> that result from millions of people unboxing their shiny new laptops, iPads and PS3s ain't a pretty picture. While we hope for electronics companies to lessen the amount of packaging they use, one man is turning some of it into amazing works of <a href="http://www.inahbitat.com/art">eco art</a>. <a href="http://www.infectedeye.com/rogenes/">Jason Rogenes</a> takes regular old styrofoam - the kind that you might find when you open up a new printer - and transforms it into these futuristic displays that look like something from the background of a Star Wars movie.

Rogenes uses all different shapes and sizes of polystyrene packing material to build his creations which range from smaller pieces...

...to giant, death-ray like ones.

He also uses<a href="http://inhabitat.com/category/interiors/lighting/"> light</a> to really play up the interaction between the varied forms, making them look like intricate parts of a spaceship.

While it might be a tall order to create something of the same magnitude as some of these works youself, it's definitely inspiration to start saving that <a href="http://inhabitat.com/egregious-packaging-hall-of-shame-styrofoam/">styrofoam</a> and put together a smaller installation for your own living room!

This piece, called "Tanspondor" is made of found polystyrene, fluorescent lights, 2 transformer boxes, electrical cables and fishing line.

A smaller piece that you might be able to emulate at home!