Recycled Toys Transformed into Dogs

 If you’re looking for art that reminds you of childhood and is easy on the environment, consider Robert Bradford’s sculptures, which are made out of old toys.

 Toy phones, Barbie hairbrushes, Power Ranger figures, alphabet magnets and plastic pistols are the kinds of plastic toys that parents can confirm seem to multiply in their children’s rooms. But what to do when the brats, er, beloved sons and daughters have outgrown them?

British artist Robert Bradford has found a way out of this nursery dilemma: He recycles old plastic toys into colorful sculptures. Most impressive is his series of dogs, which loyally look at observers out of eyes that were once flashlights, letters or reflectors.