Fast Company has a gallery of fourteen works of art created from drinking straws, including this sculpture by Brooklyn-based artist Annie Varnot. We've previously featured one of the works in the slideshow: Scott Jarvie's chair made from straws.
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Maybe I shoulda shoved a lamp inside it.