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1. Jewelry made from human hair



Kerry Howley, an art student at Middlesex University, put together a jewelry collection made from human hair. In reference to how people think about hair, she's entitled it “Attraction/Aversion.”

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2. Embroidered artwork with human hair



Bogota-based Zaira Pulido has been asking every one of her friends and people she's into for strands of their hair to use in a series of embroidered artworks. She uses human hair instead of the usual thread and creates various works, like embroidered portraits of her friends (each made with their own hair), an embroidered comb or a replica of her bra.

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3. Sweaters from dog hair



Doumé Jalat-Dehen makes wool out of dog hair and then her customers make sweaters from the dog wool. Photographer Erwan Fichou went to visit her in Brittany, where Doumé gave him the names and addresses of some of her clients. Erwan then set off across France and Belgium to meet them and take their pictures. It takes about seven years to gather enough dog hair for a sweater. First of all, you can't just pull the fur out! That's inhumane, plus it's cheating. You just have to brush your dog regularly and save what comes off. Then you mail your precious collection of Rover fur to Doumé and she will return it to you in a 50-gram ball of dog wool.

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4. Leg hair Typeface



A student at Tama Art University in Japan named Mayuko created a western typeface composed of leg hair (presumably not her own). It's not the easiest to read, but may well go down in typographical records as the strangest font to actually be used commercially! Shown here is an Adidas ad using the leg hair font.

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5. Hair stairway



Hairy Stairway art installation in the abandoned Mountainaire Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas, by Jessica Wohl.
 
NOTE: As cool as it looks, this art installation was made with synthetic hair.

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6. Tiananmen Square sculpture made from human hair



Hairdresser Huang Xin made a 3-foot replica of Beijing's Gate of Heavenly Peace out of the hair of his customers! He did this to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of Communist China.

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