The Adlington Post

From my collection of small tins I have made some smaller robots - these guys stand around 15cm/6in high. The fat round one is made from a good old Kiwi tomato sauce bottle! ALL SOLD See more of myrecycled & upcycled work at www.martinadlington.webs.com

My name is “Varn”: my body parts came from the trash & a skip outside a garage in Wanganui. I have a fan on my head with LED’s - which makes the most amazing oscillating patterns when on. SOLD See more of my recycled and upcycled works at www.martinadlington.webs.com

. Another tin can robot....named Loata. Made from items found in the trash, on the streert, beach & charity shops.Her earrings detach & can be worn, & her antenna lights up. SOLD See more of my recycled and upcycled works at www.martinadlington.webs.com

I found this flip-flop at Raglan. It’s mounted on a piece of core-flute from a real estate sign. There's a piece of fishing line I found at Tangimoana [= "Ocean of Tears"] on the back - so the work can be hung on the wall. SOLD See more of my recycled and upcycled works at www.martinadlington.webs.com

ALL SOLD See more of my recycled and upcycled works at www.martinadlington.webs.com

I made this clock from two cans of Tui beer & a lid from a preserving jar - the essenze of NZ! SOLD See more of my recycled and upcycled works at www.martinadlington.webs.com

I found these two headless Buddha statues during the inorganic trash collection a few weeks ago. Decapitating the two Barbie dolls was a bizarre experience!! ........if only Barbie could find the Buddah within herself....... See more of my altered Barbies and recycled and upcycled works at www.martinadlington.webs.com