Recycling Challenge Decorative Metal Tabletop Chess Set Care Packages Raffia & cotton

Raffia & cotton

Silver feathers take on a stylized form

Silver & polyester waxed cord

8 cm L 42" / 106

cultured freshwater pearl & composite turquoise

Recycling Challenge Decorative Metal Tabletop Chess Set Care Packages Raffia & cottonThe imaginative mind of Armando Ramrez transforms scrap metal into a sleek, black and silver chess set. Ramirez collects the leftover metal pieces off a die machine and shapes them into the pawns, horses, and parts of the kings, which also feature cogs from a car's electrical system. The queens are made from screws, cogs and bearings from a car's electrical system. The bishops are shaped from sparkplugs and the towers from cogwheels. The board is made