From Trash to Cash
The patented transformation of post-consumer PET waste into fine art
Haz melts trash. He patents the process. The result is fine art.
„The patent will be the key“
1999: a teen in Braunau scribbles, “The patent will be the key.” 2011: he files P21‑PETing — a patent to turn trash into transcendence. A Montenegrin bottle‑cap talisman always in his pocket.
Today the PET Skull has a million dollar smile: waste made icon, carbon made breath, prophecy made sculpture. Haz didn’t just invent a technique — he built a shrine. Turn the bottle over and see what comes out.
P21 OG *Call Heads or Tails*
Collection: MDS (Million Dollar Smile)
20 x 13 x 16 cm
Price On Request
Haz’s work is included in a contemporary art collection
Watch Architect and Autor Rainer Rainisch unboxing his new artwork „Axiom“ (Kraftfeld) at his home, joking: „Wie die Enthüllung einer Jungfrau.“ – „Den Ton host oba ned drauf.“
Attention: The pre-pfand-era in Austria is closed forever
The great majority of the mesmerising PET bottle colors will never return to supermarket shelves because of recycling practices. Since 2008, Leo Haz has collected many different PET colours, including some of the rarest ever made — such as the translucent black with red and green light effects. The few that remain from the pre-pfand-era are documented and archived in the Vault, ready to be transformed into PETing artworks.
Ritual 33: Sold
Major private commission: RITUAL 33 · A series of sculptural works for exclusive private ceremonial collections, Munich and Passau (Germany) · 2016
Machthaber (German: those who hold power)
A series in which a PET skull — cast from post-consumer plastic waste under Patent No. 509067 — replaces the head of a historical power figure. The skull is the only honest portrait.
Mein Nachbar beim Grüßen · 2020 · Archival photograph, PET skull composite · Aludibond brushed metal · 50 × 40 cm · Braunau am Inn
‚Mona Corona‘
Collection: Machthaber
Concept
Not For Sale Now
‚Bone Apart‘
Collection: Machthaber
Print
Price On Request
P21 OG ‚CO2 Star‘
Collection: Black Matters
28 x 25 x 7 cm
Price On Request
‚Jede Flasche kann Erleuchtung finden‘
Collection: PETing Lamp / Winter Noise
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Haz, can you create CO2‑absorbing sculptures?
A Harvard professor asked Haz that question. If color doesn’t matter, what else matters for fine art qualities? The ‚Black Matters‘ exhibition on ECO‑NFT in the spatial 3D gallery offered one compelling answer.
P21 OG ‚CO2 Skult #88‘
Collection: Black Matters
20 x 13 x 16 cm
Price On Request
THE RED THREAD
LIFE IS LIKE A BOTTLE, WHEN YOU FLIP IT ON ITS HEAD, OFTEN MORE COMES OUT OF IT
PETing Lamp
The value isn’t in the material — it’s in the transubstantiation. Lampshades made of post-consumer thermoplastic waste that softens light and clears space. Honest, simple, and made to last.
THE GREEN MILE
The Green Mile
Sculptures & paintings crafted from post‑consumer PET. Over a mile of green thread, gold details, warm light and singular texture. Handcrafted, sustainable, one‑of‑a‑kind.
“PETing isn’t recycling — it’s resurrection.
Warning: Explosive Impact
Moon Landing, secret light installations at lost places.
Sensational: the largest sculpture yet to be hidden.
HAZ touches grass with his mown sculpture, PET Field, at the Landesausstellung in castle Mamling.
PET STUHL VS FETT STUHL
Haz Vs Beuys, PETing Vs Fluxus, PET Vs Wax, Austria Vs Germany
Das grüne Grauen hat begonnen
„Vielleicht sind wir alle Flaschen, die den Planeten als Wohnzimmer mit Ölteppich nutzen. Im Garten Eden steht jetzt ein Treibhaus von IKEA.!“
Newspaper artikel with Leo Haz by Raffaela Lindorfer KURIER
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