C3PO Upcycled Sculpture Series Focused on Bold Colors
My C3PO Upcycled Sculpture Series: Focused on Bold Colors reimagines the classic Star Wars droid through the energy of color, texture, and material innovation. Built from upcycled e-waste and found components, each sculpture introduces vibrant tones that challenge the traditional metallic palette of C3PO — transforming him into a dynamic canvas of renewal.
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C-3PO has always been gold. That's the point — the polished, reflective surface that signals his role as a diplomat, a communicator, an interface between worlds. The C3PO Bold Colors series challenges that assumption directly, rebuilding the galaxy's most protocol-obsessed droid from upcycled computer parts — RAM, wire, adding machine keys, keyboard keys, data cables, and found objects — and recoloring him entirely.
C3PO Caramel is the last available piece in a series of four that began in late 2014 with Blueberry, Orange, and Cherry — all now sold. The warm caramel palette applies to C-3PO a tone that feels simultaneously industrial and inviting, the color of old machinery and new warmth.
Materials: Upcycled RAM; wire; adding machine keys; keyboard keys; data cables; found components
Wearable: No — display sculpture
Dimensions: 11"H × 9.25"W × 8"D
Edition: Limited Edition 1 of 1 — signed with certificate of authenticity
C3PO Caramel
This piece was created from upcycled computer parts including ram, wire, adding machine keys, keyboard keys, data cables and other found objects.
Dimensions: 11 inches tall, 9.25 inches wide and 8 inches deep.
Date Completed: 2-15-2015
DESCRIPTION AND DETAILS: This piece was created from upcycled computer parts, ram, wire, adding machine keys, data cables and capacitors.
Dimensions: 11 inches tall, 9.25 inches wide and 8 inches deep.
Date Completed: 12-7-2014
C3PO Cherry
This piece was created from upcycled computer parts, ram, wire, adding machine keys, data cables and capacitors.
Dimensions: 11 inches tall, 9.25 inches wide and 8 inches deep.
Date Completed: 12-7-2014
DESCRIPTION AND DETAILS: This piece was created from upcycled computer parts, ram, wire, heat sinks, adding machine keys, data cables and capacitors.
Dimensions: 11 inches tall, 9.25 inches wide and 8 inches deep.
Date Completed: 11-29-2014
C3PO Orange
This piece was created from upcycled computer parts, ram, wire, heat sinks, adding machine keys, data cables and capacitors.
Dimensions: 11 inches tall, 9.25 inches wide and 8 inches deep.
Date Completed: 11-29-2014
Dimensions: 11 inches tall, 9.25 inches wide and 8 inches deep.
Date Completed: 11-28-2014
C3PO Blueberry
This piece was created from upcycled computer parts, ram, wire, heat sinks, adding machine keys, data cables and capacitors.
Dimensions: 11 inches tall, 9.25 inches wide and 8 inches deep.
Date Completed: 11-28-2014
