The second life of waste paper boxes, artists turn used packaging into works of art

You might see an empty candy box or ramen package and think it’s just trash. But the artist-empty box craftsman doesn’t think so. He uses waste products to package and create works of art.

If this art is familiar to you, you may have heard of “kirigami” (not to be confused with “origami”), which dates back to the 7th century. Rather than working with a piece of paper by folding, kirigami also involves cutting, which opens up more creative possibilities.