Katharine Mead - Material Alchemy Inspiration

I found a few really inspiring examples of material alchemy:

1. Road sign mural in Meadville, PA (no relation, ha!)

more here: http://ceed.allegheny.edu/A&EI/read.html

2. newspaper sculptures:

from http://archirezdesign.com/uncategorized/794.html/

3. old illustrated books can do amazing things as well:

more here

4. one final thing - garbage bag animals!  not only material alchemy, but also using power from the passing subway trains.