Mbongeni Buthulezi, a fine artist in South Africa. His methods of creating an alternative fine art product are creative and inventive. Mbongeni Buthulezi uses  plastic,  by melting it to create a painting without using any additional paint. The careful manipulation of the color placements of the plastics is what determines the end result. Mbongeni Buthulezi says in an interview that the message that he is trying to convey to South Africans is that one can literally build one's life out of nothing.

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/25/design-indaba-videos-south/