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The keys to success: How artist Erik Jensen created incredible pieces out of old keyboards

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Deaf artist, Erik Jensen from the US is reusing old computer keyboards to create art. (Photo: instagram.com/erikjensenar)
Deaf artist, Erik Jensen from the US is reusing old computer keyboards to create art. (Photo: instagram.com/erikjensenar)

What do the Statue of Liberty and Marilyn Monroe have in common with the Mona Lisa, Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night and Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring? They’ve all been given a thoroughly modern remake – and it’s as much for the sake of saving the planet as it is in the name of art.

These works are the creation of Erik Jensen, a deaf artist from Utah in the US who has found a unique way to reuse old computer keyboards that usually clog landfills.

“I like to use something that people are connected to,” Erik says.

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