Terry Border

Terry Border runs “Bent Objects”, and has a very unique style. He gives everyday objects anthropomorphic characteristics and positions them in witty and humorous ways. I have yet to see anything else like it, and he does them very well. He uses wires to build these objects into things that resemble real creatures/people, and varies between giving them small props to make it look like they’re in their own little world:

http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/bent-objects-main.jpg

Or situates them within a real life setting, giving them a life-like appearance similar to Toy Story:

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He has even created an animation using a similar style to his photographs made before.

It is this sort of simple creativeness that inspires me in my work, because if this is what can be done with some small simple things, then imagine what can be done with a lot more.