I plan to make a dust bunny/cathair sweater

Ew

Oooh good idea, ec05. An afghan would be nice too. We could open an etsy shop.

I especially like the insect corpse in the Home Sweet Home medallion.

@clampers...just be sure to tag all of your items 'regretsy'. :-) This is right up there with the toenail clipping jewelry. Ugh!

This is even better than the folks who make stuff out of their laundry lint.

I have no problem with laundry lint, because it's clean! This is...ewww.

This made my stomach hurt, just a little.
But I'm kind of fascinated, too.

this makes me want to vomit.

@ clampers, certainly regretsy material.

sasharenee - wow that was my exact thought - perfect regretsy material!

I wouldn't buy any of these, but I feel immediately better now that apparently I live in an art supply warehouse rather than a house that badly needs a sweep :)

I think I'm going to have bad dreams now about what might be lurking under my bed.

This is hilarious! As an artist AND a feng shui consultant, I am speechless! :)

The middle one is hilarious!

Um, I'm not sure if anyone noticed, but Hazelton is an ARTIST, not a designer. He's interested in the very things you're making fun of - household decay, detritus, debris - and using that material is an important part of commenting on our domestic lives. I'm not saying I understand what his art "means" exactly, but to make fun because these objects are dirty is just silly - THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

original idea...but he must be sneezing a lot!

Well... this is a lot less creepy than that blood & hair artist I s'pose.

Yuck!

-FengshuiByFishgirl-we all know you do fung shui by your name, you don't have to mention it in EVERY post.

I do like fung shui by the way so it's nothing against that, it more that if you want to promote yourself every waking moment, then pony up the cash and pay for an ad OR let your call name speak for you.

Art is personal and subjective.

Personally, these make me nauseated.

Gross.

Ever since I found out what house dust was composed of, I fear it.

I think these are pretty darn cool, myself.

Awesome. I love when people's brains go where others don't. Especially when it grosses people out! This wouldn't work in my house (and frankly, I have enough of the raw materials already), but if I had this awesomely modern white super clean surface type house, I would put one under glass just for the irony. What I want to know is ...where's the Dust Bunny Bunny? He has to have done one. Did I miss it?!

The man has exhibited at the Venice Biennial. If these were for sale, no one here could possibly afford them. Please stop evaluating everything on the "Would I buy it for my wall" metric. Half the stuff at MoMA, I wouldn't want in my house - but that hardly means it doesn't belong at MoMA. Art is different from decoration. They are not the same thing.

So, you're saying we're not allowed to have a visceral reaction to this art? I think that is partially the point.

I actually think it's really interesting as an art piece, but it was posted on a home design blog after all. You can't blame this audience for making those connections.

There is nothing wrong with art, but filth is filth. Most things can be reused, but some things cannot. I have a feeling that dust, being as it is unhealthy to breathe, not to mention rather disgusting, falls in the second category.

i second @joannem. ew.

This just made me throw up in my mouth a little when I saw it on the main page. Gross.

Dust bunnies = fallen hair, dead skin tissue, pet dander, cloth fiber, dust mites, mold spores...

Art? Not for me.

I think it's brilliant that he made art from the randomly accumulated detritus that we live with day in and day out.

I imagine that it's probably less toxic and harmful -- or least no more dangerous -- than typical oil paints and other media used to create art.

The mere fact that he could see the potential in a clump of dust is why I love art and artists.

All I want to know is, would he like to buy his raw materials from me?=P