November 11, 2009 2:50 PM PST

Junk-metal Nikes only a geek could love

by Sharon Vaknin
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Humans have a nasty habit of producing and accumulating garbage, but Gabriel Dishaw, a junk-metal genius from Carmel, Ind., turns trash into artwork. His most recent pieces were inspired by his love of Nike shoes, as he fashioned five different kicks, including dunks and high tops.

Dishaw's shoes are collages of otherwise potentially useless hardware salvaged from computers, typewriters, and metal scraps. His work is meticulous, as it takes him up to several weeks to complete one pair of shoes and an accompanying carrying case for storage.

Though the sculptures are aesthetic replicas of real Nike shoes, they are far from wearable. His latest pair, Blazer Pentium 1.0 (named for Intel chips), weighs 15 pounds--and we're guessing the shoes don't have arch support.

See our photo gallery of Gabriel Dishaw's Nike-inspired junk art.

Sharon Vaknin is the CNET Labs' go-to intern. When she's not testing MP3 players, blogging, or making the lab look presentable, she can be found playing computer games. Sharon formerly worked for Best Buy and is currently studying journalism at San Francisco State University. E-mail Sharon.
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by jekur November 11, 2009 6:31 PM PST
First, take care of this spammer. Please. He's on every article that I've clicked.


Second, when I first started to read this, I thought that these were real shoes made of metal that you could wear. I was getting excited then saw that it's just a sculpture..
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by b_baggins November 11, 2009 6:46 PM PST
Spare us the guilt trip CNet. All biological organisms create trash.
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by Gdl_kinG December 16, 2009 12:59 PM PST
*Awesome* it's really amazing how detailed it is. i specially like the way he replicates the mesh on dem dunks..
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