This Artist Re-Imagined Regular Household Objects As Vibrant Characters

You can’t put a limit on someone’s creativity, and Helga Stentzel proves this with her playful art pieces created using mundane objects. As an artist based in London, Stentzel does not let the traditional ways hinder her creative outlet. 

Zebra prints are common in many households. People of all ages wear black and white t-shirts, socks, and leggings because they look good on anyone. After all, it’s easy to match black and white prints with any other color, so why not have more than one piece of zebra-printed clothing at home?

Who doesn’t own a white piece of clothing at home? Everyone has it! In fact, most people have more whites and blacks than any other color. Yet, here we are, looking at a white shirt hanging from a clothesline and wondering how anyone could think of turning it into a flying bird!

We’ll be honest – it took us a while to get this one. After all, who can think that white socks and leggings can create the skeleton of a dinosaur? Yet, Helga saw it in these pieces of clothing and perfectly arranged them to present this photo to us.

Here are two tea bags reading a book that seems to have reached an unexpected twist, based on the expression on the teabags. Pretty normal, right? At least it is, in the world of this particular visual artist based in London. Helga has used two sizes of tea bags to create a story with two characters in a book nook.

Isn’t it fascinating how the human mind connects reality with surrealism and brings forth an image that represents more than a concept or idea? Imagine people coming home after a long hard day at work and opening their social media to find this image staring at them from the screen.

Now the truth is, each one of Helga Stentzel’s playful art transformations is easily our favorite, but this sweatpants-to-camel transfiguration is everything. Not only does the dessert background make the whole concept pop, but these two sweatpants also changed the game in a significant way. We’re sure there’s at least one person out there who will try this the next time they do their laundry.

Yes, the clothing line and the act of hanging out your laundry to dry can also serve as a playground for your artistic expression. No one needs someone to confirm that this is a sweatshirt-to-elephant transformation. We aren’t insinuating anything, but maybe you should try this the next time you do your laundry.

The Frosty that most folks know is Crystal’s husband and the deuteragonist in the film ‘Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July.’ He is Milly’s and Chilly’s dad in this 1979 film and the main protagonist in two more films; ‘Frosty the Snowman’ and ‘Frosty’s Winter Wonderland.’ He isn’t exactly like this frosty Rudolf by Stentzel, but surely you must see the look is quite similar.

Have you ever wondered what your bedroom furniture would say if they had a chance to talk? For most people, it probably would be something like, “I have seen too much; I didn’t sign up for this!!” We actually think there isn’t a better photographic illustration of what it feels like to be furniture in the bedroom. The expression here just screams “Janet, did you just… Oh my Goodness!” 

This is an interesting artistic creation of Donald Trump by Helga. Referred to as He Socks, we have got to give it to the talented artist for turning mundane and familiar objects into meaningful art all the time.

The human mind is such a wonder. A person’s imagination can go as far as anyone can think of. Having said that, imagine a situation where the milk you are pouring into your coffee decides to have a challenging conversation with you. Yeah, it’s a bad day for sure, but we’re already here, and there’s pretty much nothing else to do.

The first thing that comes to mind when you see this is, “Wow, she can make them cows from clothes,” and we don’t dispute it. Russian-born artist Helga Stentzel is a super-talented woman. Some may have missed the other clothes behind the cow ones, though. They, too, look like they would have enjoyed being cows if not having legs was an option.

We know a huge percentage of people will eat chicken from Monday to Monday if possible because you can’t afford to pass on a well-prepared chicken piece. You can’t. So when Helga saw this kitchen equipment, the first thing she thought would come out of their illustration was a chicken, and boy did she nail it!

The most art anyone has attempted with sliced bread is to squirt some tomato ketchup onto it to look like a smiley; kids are happy to have the creative breakfast. What we see here takes some serious reimagining, and Helga Stentzel is a master at it.

Only a creative person would turn a spilled-milk situation into an opportunity for artwork! Helga placed a bright yellow saucer amid the pristine white liquid and called it an egg! It’s a natural occurrence for someone who has built her profession around transforming the mundane into masterpieces.

If you belong to the majority who don’t particularly enjoy the unavoidable task of hanging laundry on the clothesline, this one’s for you. Helga turned everyday labor into a fun activity by arranging the clothes on the line to form different animals.

In her home play series, this striking creation by artist Helga aptly named “Bookworm” is an invitation for us to curl up on our couch with an interesting book in hand now and then. The orange cat is immersed in a chapter, lounging on a deep blue couch – the visual is compelling enough for us to want to hang this picture in our living room.

Among her vast collection of household surrealism, we adore her “Food for Thought” series, which takes one edible item and combines it with another to create a splendid piece of exotic art. In this artwork titled “Eggzotic,” she has used halves of boiled eggs as edible flowers on a plant.

Any way you look at it, this optical illusion by artist Helga is one of the most stunning images in her body of work. It’s a bookshelf that looks like a nearly out-of-charge battery. The pitch-black backdrop makes the image stand out with a visually breathtaking sharpness and adds meaning to the artist’s vision.

Scrolling through her incredible creations that take household surrealism to another level, we are sure about Helga’s incredible sense of humor. She has a penchant for finding something funny, even mundane things that we wouldn’t think twice about.