R2-D2 Rain Barrel

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R2-D2 Rain Barrel

The Water Quality Forum of Knoxville, TN, is sponsoring an artistic rain barrel contest to promote the use of rain barrels to catch roof run-off. Twenty local artists have decorated rain barrels, which are being auctioned off to raise money starting tomorrow. This one from Curtis Glover is making the rounds, but they’re all pretty awesome. Click through to the whole gallery, below. [via Boing Boing]

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6 thoughts on “R2-D2 Rain Barrel

  1. bastien says:

    Shouldn’t they have made a C-3PO rain barrel? After all, his first job was programming binary loadlifters, which are very similar to moisture vaporators, in most respects.

  2. MAKE | Your Comments says:

    […] seeing the R2D2 rain barrel, bastien notes: Shouldn’t they have made a C-3PO rain barrel? After all, his first job was […]

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