El Anatsui, Nigerian artist whose sculpture is made from stitching discarded materials together with copper wire

El Anatsui - Cloth detail 2
Originally uploaded by Marcel Oosterwijk

The globally-celebrated artist El Anatsui became famous by creating giant tapestries from materials such as bottle tops, soda cans, etc.

Construction of these pieces is a labor-intensive activity.

Please see an explantory video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7UBvknG8c4.