Gallery: Amazingly Intricate Carpets Made Out of Everyday Objects
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We Make Carpets makes carpets out of everyday objects.
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Like rubber bands.
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The three dutch designers stretched colored rubber bands from one nail to another to create the geometric pattern.
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Sorta pretty, right?
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Here is a carpet made from chalk.
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A carpet made from folded A4 paper.
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The designers folded more than 20,000 pieces of paper into different patterns.
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That was enough to fill a 5,300 square-foot room.
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They always begin by choosing a simple, versatile material.
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Here you see colorful straws placed side-by-side to make a southwestern pattern.
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The disposable carpet is made from disposable utensils and packaging.
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From a distance, it's hard to tell this rug is really just made from sticking plastic forks inside plastic cups.
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A carpet made from sponges.
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Probably as close as We Make Carpets gets to making actual carpets.
