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It is hard to imagine a more useless thing than a chewed bubble gum… Well, not exactly… In the hands of an extra-ordinary artist it can turn into an amazing artwork that holds attention and inspires:

 

Chewing Gum Graffiti

Bubble Gum Alley in San Luis Obispo, California, is both disgusting and fascinating.

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Gum graffiti in Seattle:

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Bubble Gum Alley, San Luis Obispo

…polychromatic appearance is caused by thousands upon thousands of pieces of gum, chewed and then stuck to the wall

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Chewing gum folk art in Charleston, SC:

Perhaps one person got in the habit of sticking gum on the pole. But how many wads of gum did it take before others noticed and began to follow suit?

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Miniature Chewing Gum Art

Ben Wilson, an Industrial artist, created numerous miniature masterpieces on blobs of chewing gum littering the streets and pavements. He spent hours outside looking for a discarded piece of gum in the streets of London and painting his eye-catching, colorful pictures on the sticky surface. The chewing gum paintings are no bigger than an inch in height and width:

(Chewed) Bubble Gum Sculptures

GumArt launched in 1998 is the project featuring dozens of somewhat weird sculptures made of chewed gum. Citing the creators the whole project is the "pleasing result of thousands of hours of chewing and spreading":

Pink Chewing Gum Sculptures

Italian artist Maurizio Savini, creates unbeliveably beautiful and vivid sculptures from pink chewing gum. Looks like the gum was not chewed though:

Chewing Gum Portraits

Jason Kronenwald, Canadian artist, creates celebrity portraits constructed entirely from chewed gum called Gum Blondes.

Each Gum Blonde is 100% chewed bubblegum on a plywood backing. No paint or dye is used. The color is inherent to the gum—the mixing of color takes place inside the mouth during chewing using an endless variety of companies.

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