What you do with things

There is potential for art everywhere, on any surface with any tool. Something as simple as a toothpick htat can be turned into a work of art, if only we can see how it could.

This is an elegant sculpture made of cut up toothpicks that are arranged and glues together to make up a smooth and interesting angles and curves.

I suppose this can be seen as a sculpture made of toothpicks in raw form. Unbroken and in its' fullest, the toothpicks are melded together to form a star or energy burst.

Shrinking in size, this is a bridge made out of a single toothpick. The toothpick is cut, carved and shaped with delicate skill to build what resembles the Golden Gate Bridge.
Adding some color to the work, this little alien is carved out from a toothpick.

What these few examples show is that it does not matter what tools we have. We can have the most expensive paints, highest quality pencils or the best design software, but if we don't know what to do with it it remains useless. An active imagination is needed to see the potential for art.