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Sculptures of Staples into Organic Forms

Artist Jerry Bleem uses found materials and thousands and thousands of staples which give them organic looking forms structure and hold them together.

"Ordinary, non-precious, discarded materials are what I most often use in my work. Botanic forms and the human body have strongly influenced my work. I also draw upon humanity's long history of making containers for both practical and symbolic purposes."

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