Hair Today, Sculpture Tomorrow!

Chinese hairdresser Huang Xin could be considered an environmentalist of a different kind.

He's had a long history of creating impressive artistic replicas of notable architectural structures out of the clipped tresses that tumble to the floor of his Chinese barbershop.

The idea of recycling discarded hair is not new, but I've never seen it transformed into such a grand artistic expression before.

Working his way from the National Stadium (also known as the Bird's Nest) and the National Aquatics Centre (aka the Water Cube), to two Olympic torches and Olympic rings, his latest effort is Tian'anmen Gate, composed out of 24 pounds of lopped locks.

If you're wondering how long it took the 10 year hairstyling veteran to accumulate such a massive volume of hair, it was a mere 5 months!

His homage to the Beijing landmark measures 2 feet 10 inches long by 1 foot wide by 2 feet high.

He relies exclusively on ladies' hair due to its softer properties and once he goes to the great effort of washing and dying it, he glues it onto paper, rolling it into different shapes.