File this under Guy With Too Much Time on His Hands, And Way Too Many Wire Hangers in His Closet.

After I pick up my dry-cleaning, I usually just toss the wire hangars. But artist David Mach turns his into works of art. Like the menacing Coathanger Gorilla (pictured), made from thousands of hangars that are bent, shaped, and welded together to create this giant sculpture.

Mach has also made hangar representations of a hooker, a portrait of his brother and an astronaut, among others.

To make one of his sculptures, Mach first creates a plastic mold of his subject, bends the standard metal hangars around it, removes the mold and then plates the hangars with silver nickel for durability and shine. Making something incredible from something disposable. And making me feel guilty every time I throw mine away.

You can see more of David Mach's art (including his sculptures made out of matchsticks) at davidmach.com, or for even better pics and an interview with the artist, go to inventorspot.com.