This artist uses anything from plastic spoons to used catheters and even ping pong balls to make elaborate sculptures of animals.

35-year-old Because she couldn’t afford art supplies four years ago, Stephanie Hongo became involved in trash art.

Currently, Stephanie, a Connecticut resident, has produced more than 100 intricate works of animal art, occasionally piecing hundreds of pieces of rubbish together to form a single piece.

In addition to asking friends and relatives for extra trash, Stephanie uses Facebook groups to get

specific parts she needs to finish her amazing sculptures of octopuses, lobsters, and other animals.

She made a unicorn’s horn out of a Barbie leg, lobster antennae out of discarded catheters, and owl feathers out of plastic forks.

Stephanie, who goes as Sugarfox, is an artist. She told me that after leaving her position as an artist-in-residence

at the Trader Joe’s grocery store chain in May 2017, she was desperate for money and turned to trash to produce her artwork.

The Portuguese artist Bordalo II, who creates massive installations out of waste, served as her inspiration.

She declared that she would never buy plastic to use in her sculptures.

She declared, ‘I won’t buy plastic at all; I detest the thought of having to buy anything other than

the paint and hardware that I require.’ ‘On Facebook community pages, I do make requests for old basketballs or plastic tubing.

She works on each item for ten hours to two weeks, and she has a talent for selecting the ideal piece of junk to use as the foundation for her creations.

Some items require hundreds of trash bits.
‘I use a lot of extension cords, old phones, remote controls, and plastic toys in my artwork, along with ping pong balls.’

Stephanie, whose Instagram handle is sugarfox_art, showcases her artwork. She stated that her pieces start at $300, with her eight-foot-long octopus selling for $5,000.