Kevin Kelly has been saving styrofoam packing for five years and decided to make a robot out of it. Behold, the Styrobot! Check it out: Link - Thanks Ben!
That is the most awesome thing I have ever seen, and it's only the fact that I live in a small apartment that's keeping me from starting my own.
I wouldn't call Salter an artist, over grown kid that found a way to exploit his "work", maybe. But this is a kid and he did a great job using his imagination.
http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/08/the-styrobot.html
http://michaelasalter.com/artwork/299343.html
But this is a kid and he did a great job using his imagination.