Leftover lottery tickets turned into stunning living room art

Apr 23, 2016, 8:34 am (22 comments)

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More people than ever are trying to rescue, recycle and reinvent, especially on Earth Day.

This extreme example uses all those unlucky lottery scratch-off tickets to turn them into a recycled masterpiece.

Artists Adam Eckstrom and Lauren Was have created an entire dining room out of 40,000 used lottery tickets, using them to make up the wall panels, furniture and even the place settings.

All the furniture and décor total a whopping $70,000 in lottery ticket sales.

The installation, which was created to celebrate the launch of Galerie magazine, is called "Dream Home." It's located at "The Art of Interiors" exhibit in a townhouse on the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan and is open to the public through May 10.

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Kyle7824's avatarKyle7824

What I have spent in 2 years doesn't seem like much now lol

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

Quote: Originally posted by Kyle7824 on Apr 23, 2016

What I have spent in 2 years doesn't seem like much now lol

LOL

music*'s avatarmusic*

 Artists and their imagination keep on surprising us. Well done!Dance

Ron5995

My first thought is how many are "missed" winners that were never cashed. Hopefully, none are, but even high budget players who scratch instants on Youtube miss winners.

Anyways, imagine a room covered in Texas and Colorado $50 tickets. That would cost a fortune!

ohiopick3's avatarohiopick3

"Interesting."

Thinking of...

Litebets27's avatarLitebets27

This is AMAZING!!

Such creativity !!

I wonder how long it took them to do this?

And.. why?

mypiemaster's avatarmypiemaster

It looks beautiful. Dream House? Nah... more like Losers Emporium. Most individual Americans do not have a net income of $70,000.00. $70,000.00 of losing {worthless} tickets and furniture in one room..  Scared

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

recycled lottery tickets

Another recycled lottery ticket dream car. Interesting huh?

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

recycled lottery tickets

Who has this much time on their hands?

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

recycled lottery tickets

"Oh no he didn't"!!!

Kyle7824's avatarKyle7824

This is more interesting than scratching the tickets honestly...

Todd's avatarTodd

Quote: Originally posted by golfer1960 on Apr 23, 2016

recycled lottery tickets

"Oh no he didn't"!!!

And here's where that came from [video]: https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/264042

Artist77's avatarArtist77

I like the earlier 3D sculptural ones much more. The recent ones are pretty though.

sully16's avatarsully16

Very unique and creative, I like the Angel.

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