Artstagram: This Malaysian artist turns coffee stains and vegetables into stunning portraits
Bamboo chopsticks among her unusual choice of materials
Name: Red Hong Yi
People have been turning found objects into art since Picasso, but Malaysian artist Red Hong Yi takes the concept to ingenious new heights. She says she "likes to paint, but not with a paintbrush," which for her means using makeup, food, tea bags or even socks. Her Instagram account proves that she can create pretty much anything out of pretty much anything.
Yi uses coffee cup stains to create an image of Italian singer Lucio Dalla:
And she transforms an assortment of green fruit and vegetables into a portrait of British food dude Jamie Oliver:
She also used bamboo chopsticks (more than 60,000 of them!) to form a likeness of Jackie Chan:
Her art is so fascinating it's no surprise she's caught the eye of NBC, Daily Mail and The Wall Street Journal.
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