Gallery: Smokin' Hot: Mini Air Jordans Made From Cigarette Packs
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Ruff built these Jordans out of cigarette packs, cardboard, duct tape and straws. *Image: Jason Ruff*
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Ruff uses Newport Menthol packages in most of his sculptures. *Image: Jason Ruff*
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These Air Yeezys are constructed out of cigarette packaging, plastic food packaging, poster board, straws, and cardboard. *Image: Jason Ruff*
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Though the Newport menthols are his cigarette package of choice, Ruff also uses Marlboro. *Image: Jason Ruff*
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Ruff says being without a wood shop or a metal shop has really changed the objects he creates. "Now, instead of a horizontal bandsaw and a welder, I am using an Exacto knife and super glue," he says. *Image: Jason Ruff*
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Yeezys from the front. *Image: Jason Ruff*
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American Spirits have a very distinctive pattern, but they're harder to find in carton form. *Image: Jason Ruff*
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Air Yahoos! *Image: Jason Ruff*
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Ruff's first challenge was finding enough cigarette cartons to create the shoes. "But now I have a hook up, so that's no longer a problem," he says. *Image: Jason Ruff*
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"I have a dude that goes by the handle 'Fab' to hold them for me at my local drugstore," Ruff says. "He'll collect them for a couple of weeks and I'll come scoop them up when I'm out of toothpaste or toilet paper." *Image: Jason Ruff*
