Coke Crate Man by salza

Coke Crate Man

Coca-Cola has commissioned several crate man throughout South Africa, but Elliot, who is nearly 60 feet tall and weighs a whopping 27 tons, carries a special message. Made out of 4200 plastic Coke crates, the recycled structure sports signs preaching the importance of recycling to passersby who stop for a closer look. This is just one of the firms important recycling projects in South Africa.
Had a wonderful get together with fellow Cape Town 365ers. It was really great to meet all these wonderful people. Thankfully the weather was on our side!

Another shot from get together: http://365project.org/salza/extras/2012-08-18
PEACE, Sally! This is so cool. Love the medals too! :) Thanks for coming all the way from Tulbagh!! Great meeting you.
August 18th, 2012  
Wow stunning!
August 18th, 2012  
Great shot, Sally. I'm sorry I missed meeting you this morning - had been looking forward to it, but it was simply not meant to be!
August 18th, 2012  
cool shot of the coke crate man
August 18th, 2012  
I could have used that for my "Red" series!! Great use of the crates. Well seen
August 19th, 2012  
I love all his medals
August 19th, 2012  
Cool idea and great shot.
August 19th, 2012  
@swilde His medals represent the ones won by South Africa at the Olympics!
August 19th, 2012  
This thing is amazing! That's a lot of crates!
August 19th, 2012  
It's good to spread the message of recycling! Elliot looks impressive. Great shot!
August 19th, 2012  
nice shot i see Elliot is displaying the gold
August 19th, 2012  
What an amazing structure!! Well captured as well.
August 19th, 2012  
Amazing structure - does he always wear medals? Great shot Sally!
August 19th, 2012  
@louiesphotos Louie, he was originally constracted for the soccer world cup in 2010. vI only found out about him earlier this year! For a while before and during the Olympics I believe he carried the flame. Now he is sporting the same medals SA won in the Olympics. Who know what will be next but now I know where he is I can keep tabs on him!
August 19th, 2012  
@salza it's cool that they update him. Nothing like a current spin on an old favourite!
August 19th, 2012  
Seems like an incredible project
August 19th, 2012  
very colourful, it must be huge!
August 19th, 2012  
What an amazing structure. Definately eye catching with its size and color. Great POV and composition on the photo!
August 20th, 2012  
Interesting shot! Never seen such sculptures! It looks great on the BG of mountains!
August 20th, 2012  
Love it. What a cool idea and such a great way to get the message across about recycling.
August 21st, 2012  
I think I've seen this fellow in some of Howard's shots. He's a character alright- but better to build something with old crates than put them in a garbage dump! Fun shot.
August 23rd, 2012  
Fascinating view - he looks so odd there :-). Looks like you had fun at the meeting.
August 24th, 2012  
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