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The Guardian - UK
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Lifestyle
Elizabeth Day

In pictures: Gilbert Legrand's faces in unexpected places

Gilbert Legrand snapshots: Gilbert Legrand
The handle of a plastic bottle makes for a perfect elephant trunk Photograph: Gilbert Legrand
Gilbert Legrand snapshots: Gilbert Legrand art sculptures
Ole! “I love discovering happy accidents” Photograph: Gilbert Legrand
Gilbert Legrand snapshots: Gilbert Legrand art sculptures
Trouser-hangers are transformed into a pair of rather fashionable rats Photograph: Gilbert Legrand
Gilbert Legrand snapshots: Gilbert Legrand art sculptures
A toilet brush perfectly conjures a lion Photograph: Gilbert Legrand
Gilbert Legrand snapshots: Gilbert Legrand art sculptures
A spanner, after Legrand's creative touch, becomes a wily fox Photograph: Gilbert Legrand
Gilbert Legrand snapshots: Gilbert Legrand art sculptures
Clean away… A sprayer normally used for domestic cleaning is now a superhero Photograph: Gilbert Legrand
Gilbert Legrand snapshots: Gilbert Legrand art sculptures
A scrubbing brush seen as a Native American Photograph: Gilbert Legrand
Gilbert Legrand snapshots: Gilbert Legrand art sculptures
Sniff sniff, two boxes of tissues are transformed into a crying couple Photograph: Gilbert Legrand
Gilbert Legrand snapshots: Gilbert Legrand art sculptures
A tap becomes a running lady. “I like optical illusions,” says Legrand Photograph: Gilbert Legrand
Gilbert Legrand snapshots: Gilbert Legrand art sculptures
A penknife/corkscrew now seen as a singing lady. His art is full of such pleasing transformations Photograph: Gilbert Legrand
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