Extreme Recycling

This guitar, and its case are made completely out of matches and matchbooks. The guitar, and its case, are fully functional and play-with-able.

The artist of matches explained: "I sorted out and hand-picked from the piles of matchsticks - only those with even-sided square burnt ends. Then every one of them had to be individually cut down to variable measured lengths, so that I could interlock the blackened, burnt match-heads to form decorative patterns."

The author of this article, his son, adds: "My father was an ordinary man with an extraordinary talent. When you see and realise the extent of human imagination, effort and endeavour, the perception is one of an unrivalled piece of craftsmanship, ingenuity and improvisation. I consider it a great honour and a privilege to look after and cherish his collection. A lasting legacy, the like of which will probably never be seen again. These works of art are not match-less but, however, they are matchless."

I have decided to call this "extreme recycling." A Junkyard Xgame for craftspeople who do it all for fun. What do you think?