They're familiar household items that have been given a new lease of life stirring a stream of childhood memories.
Displayed at the Incinerator Gallery in Victoria's Moonee Valley is an exhibition of recycled art, where artists have explored the themes of environmentalism and sustainability.
"The response we get from artists range from gung-ho environmental messages all the way to very personal responses about environmentalism," said Richard Ennis, the exhibition's curator. "There's everything from antique stuffed toys to antique textiles."
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But with the future of the print media in focus, broadsheets too are on display, albeit in a more creative form to those that hit the newsstands.
"There's all sorts of things being used," said Mr Ennis.
Shredded telephone books painstakingly woven into an eight metre scroll, used soap framed and mounted, and the lids of aerosol cans combining with garden horses to form a floral bouquet, with an industrial scent.
Artist Dominic Kavanagh was this year's winning entry, with his confronting architectural model featuring a collection of discarded and burnt household items.
Even pets have been bought back from the dead thanks to the power of taxidermy and a battery-powered heartbeat.
A historical postscript to this celebration of recycling is where the display is housed: a one-time waste facility designed by Walter Burley Griffin.
The former garbage incinerator was one of thirteen completed around Australia by the celebrated architect in the 1930s after he'd finished laying out the nation's capital.
'Artecycle' is running from 17 May to 8 July, 2012 at the Incincerator Gallery, Moonee Valley in Victoria. For more information, visit the exhibition website.
