Scissor spiders made from TSA confiscata

Christopher Locke makes spider-sculptures out of confiscated scissors bought at TSA auctions ("The larger ones are made from barber scissors, and the smaller ones are made from cuticle scissors.") Link (Thanks, Christopher!)

See also: California kleptocrats auctioning airport confiscata on eBay

[#1 posted by EnglishNerd , October 29, 2007 11:31 PM]

That has got to be the creepiest thing I've seen in a while. Spiders are bizarre enough without making them out of scissors that may have been cherished possessions at one point (My mom had her grandmother's antique cuticle scissors taken at the security checkpoint soon after September 11 because she didn't remember them in her purse and is still annoyed). I can't even really look at the picture...

[#2 posted by sexyrobot , October 30, 2007 1:54 AM]

wha-what!?! they're SELLING these scissors and such? isn't that trafficking in stolen goods? wait why am i surprised? why are people standing for this?

[#3 posted by Kyle Armbruster , October 30, 2007 4:51 AM]

Because we don't want to be sent to Gitmo.

[#4 posted by Landowner , October 30, 2007 6:11 AM]

I bet you this guy could make a funny paper hat out of the constitution.

[#5 posted by lhopitalified , October 30, 2007 7:54 AM]

Does it bother anyone else that the TSA confiscates all scissors when their site clearly lists both blunt-tipped scissors and scissors with blades

I want my cuticle scissors back!

[#6 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator , October 30, 2007 2:49 PM]

Of course they sell them.

[#7 posted by CharlieCoats , October 30, 2007 3:43 PM]

For more art from confiscated 'weapons'

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9244300@N07/708477136/

Artist, Cai Guo Qiang impaled his alligator sculpture with items confiscated by airport security. He also made a giant whale out of the same.

[#8 posted by sexyrobot , October 30, 2007 4:11 PM]

woah...not only are they trafficking in stolen goods, they're also making a nice profit doing it...this is a clear conflict of interest.

[#9 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator , October 30, 2007 5:00 PM]

And that's the cheap stuff.

[#10 posted by dculberson , October 30, 2007 10:19 PM]

They've sold seized goods for decades. (IE, your car if you don't pick it up from impound. A drug dealer's house.) This is no different. You've forfeited your ownership rights.

I think it's a good thing - better than putting them in the dumpster and adding to pollution and waste. I doubt they actually turn a profit over all given the handling costs.

Do you really think they only made your pointy things illegal so they could sell them for five bucks a dozen on eBay?

[#11 posted by insomma , October 31, 2007 1:41 AM]

But if they're able to do this, why don't they just 'impound' the objects in the first place and give you the option of paying fine to get them back when you return from your trip? The sheer numbers of confiscated goods? I wonder how many people are looking for their grandmother's cuticle scissors on ebay...

(ha- sheer/shear..uh huh)

[#12 posted by HeartlessMachine , November 12, 2007 7:01 PM]

Thanks for looking, everybody!

[#13 posted by Anonymous , April 10, 2008 11:09 AM]

The artist is my neighbor and we are very proud of him. He's an artistic genius.

You rock, Chris!

K and J