Artist Uses Old Cell Phones For Sculptures
by Ashley Schiller
Published on August 15th, 2008
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Rob Pettit, hands down, has the largest personal cell phone collection in Massachusetts. At the moment, the total is about 5,500.
And what does one do with so many mobiles? Pettit uses them as a medium in his art. The artist arranges the obsolete phones into elaborate sculptures, often using Velcro to hold them in place. His work was recently featured at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
He started out collecting cell phones from family and friends, and now gets them by the palette from recycling companies.
“Whenever a student takes something slated for a landfill and turns it into art they get an A-plus as far as I’m concerned,” SFMA visiting artist Jason Middlebrook told the The Boston Globe. Pettit was formerly a student of Middlebrook and is now his teaching assistant.
Not so creative with your old cell? Use Earth911 to find a location to recycle your old phone.
