Ten Amazing Works of Art Made With Coffee Cups and Mugs

If there is one thing I am not ashamed to admit, it is that I am a Starbucks fan. I love everything they serve, I like the staff (most of them anyway), and more importantly I like the atmosphere. But I have noticed a real lack of coffee related posts on this blog, so I thought it was best I did some…


 

Top 10 Best Art Made with Coffee Cups
Coffee Cup Miniature Art

10 – Cup Protest

When I look at an empty cup of coffee the only thing I am thinking about is getting it filled, but when Paul Garbett looks at one he sees amazing scenarios and rather unusual works of art.

Top 10 Best Art Made with Coffee Cups
Starbucks coffee cup art

9 – Star Scooter

If this was a real scooter it would have been my number in the post “Top 10 Amazing Modified Scooters” but this is not real, but given the fact that it is made from Starbucks coffee cups makes it then bit more amazing.

Top 10 Best Art Made with Coffee Cups
Recycled Paper Cup Lampshades

8 –The art of Repurpose

It might not be the most mind-blowing art you are going to see, but there is something plainly beautiful about it as well.

Top 10 Best Art Made with Coffee Cups
Art made from Wooden coffee stir sticks, coffee cup sleeves

7 – The Collection

It might look a little weird, but this stunning collection made with coffee cup lids and stir sticks is made from literally thousands and thousands of each kind to make something truly amazing.

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Top 10 Best Art Made with Coffee Cups
Marilyn Munroe made from upturned coffee cups

6 – Cup Portraits

At first if you look at this image you might not think it is any good, but squint your eyes at it and the genius that it is comes to life, because while it might be just a few cups, the effect is stunning.

Top 10 Best Art Made with Coffee Cups
Coffee & Latte Art

5 –Coffee Foam Art

For as long as baristas have been pouring coffee, some of them have been adding little works of art in the foam, and this is just a few of the very best of them.

Top 10 Best Art Made with Coffee Cups
Gwyneth Leech Coffee Cup art

4 – Cup Art

There are lots of great examples of coffee cup art, but this one that features over 800 works of art on coffee cups were made by just one person! Gwyneth Leech has been making these for years and the complete collection looks even better than seeing them individually.

Top 10 Best Art Made with Coffee Cups
Marilyn Monroe made with cups of coffee.

3 – Coffee Replica

It took over 4 hours to make it, 5,200 coffee cups, with 180 gallons of milk and a mind-numbing 206 gallons of coffee! But it was all worth it because this massive replica is simply stunning.

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Top 10 Best Art Made with Coffee Cups
Coffee Stain Art

2 – Nuisance to Niceness

To you and me a coffee stain from the spillage of the cup is a real nuisance. But to Hong Yi they are apparently “…like fallen leaves, all broken and in-perfect. But together they make something beautiful and amazing. ” and I could not agree with her more looking at this.

Top 10 Best Art Made with Coffee Cups
Coffee Cup Archway

1 – The Archway of Coffee Cups

This is just 1 of 8 projects commissioned by Nescafe, made from 1,500 metal coffee cups and rebar the idea is that the vines growing over it will eventually cover the outer surface making it a truly amazing, and natural looking archway.

Author: Gus Barge

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