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How One Artist Made a Massive Mural of a Baby

By Jess Baker
Published Mar 14 2013 09:35 PM EDT

Canadian artist Serge Belo puts a new spin on making a baby.

Belo is the mind behind the massive, mind-bending mural, which from above looks like a baby in a mother's womb. 

From the ground, the mural is actually made up of  66,000 cups which were filled with colored rainwater.


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The mural is Belo's attempt to raise awareness about the lack of clean water around the world, emphasizing "the necessity of water, even before birth, for each living person," according to the write-up on his YouTube video.

The mural not only raises awareness, but a signed print of the work is up for auction. The money raised will go toward One Drop, a non-profit that's also working to provide clean water worldwide.

Belo and the team used compostable and biodegradable cups for the project. If the cups were placed end-to-end, they would stretch three miles long.

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