Garbage artist creates first all-compost sculpture

The stuff art is made of: To create the sculpture Brinks used chips, almonds, human hair, egg shells, and other compostable items.

Chicagoland Area garbage artist Leon Brinks has created the first sculpture made entirely of compostable material. Made of rotting vegetables, empty milk cartons, and other compost-friendly items, the piece, standing at over forty-feet high with no discernible shape, was dedicated today by a community ceremony in the Waukegan, Illinois parking lot of the local Tire Zone. ”I usually work with normal garbage, which I always appreciated for its strength and stability. But environmental issues are on everyone’s mind, so compost art is now cutting edge,” says Brinks.  ”The role of garbage is really changing in today’s art world.” Tire Zone has agreed to host the new sculpture until it either sells or is eaten by birds.