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- Bike Chandeliers<a href="http://www.facaro.com/">Carolina Fontoura Alzaga</a>, a Mexican multidisciplinary artist, takes old bike parts and turns them into shimmering chandeliers. Her series of Victorian-era chandelier sculptures is called “Connect,” and they exemplify how mundane objects can be transformed into magnificent masterpieces! Of the message behind the sculptures, Fontoura Alzaga says “Bourgeois commodity verses the bike as self propelled movement - it’s a metaphor for potentiality.” Regardless of the possible parallels, one thing is absolutely certain: the pieces are beautiful and enlightening works of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/art">eco art</a>.1
- Recycled Bike Chain ChandeliersFrom a distance, you can hardly tell that these light fixtures are made of bike chains.2
- Recycled Bike Chain ChandelierActually, you can hardly tell from up close either.3
- Recycled Bike Chain ChandelierFrom underneath, you can see how intricate they are.4
- Recycled Bike Chain ChandelierThe artist makes smaller versions as well.5
- Recycled Bike Chain ChandelierAnother stunning fixture.6
- Recycled Bike Chain ChandelierThe light really brings out the texture of the chains.7