The Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland recently had a very cool exhibit using manufactured items called "Manuf®actured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects"!! www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index
worth a look along similar lines you are talking about~
creatively,
Linda Kieling
(middle school in Oregon)
>>>>>This past year I have seriously been researching artists that use
recyled materials to create amazing works of art.