French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot has created an installation for the Barbican in London where you can watch a flock of zebra finches playing electric guitars. It's a walk-though aviary where the flock of zebra finches have set up home with their collection of electric guitars and other instruments.

This is an acoustic guitar, customised by riveting recycled vintage license plates all over it. It can't be played (the strings are aluminium and the bridge is made out of a harmonica), the idea is to hang it on the wall as an artwork. It costs $500, but custom options are available: you can choose the color or the state of the license plates.

Cast your beady eyes over this Ibanez electric guitar with custom bead finish. A committed American beadist (known only as Jan) covered in the guitar by laying tiny beads in intricate circular patterns. Archaeological records show people have used beads as an ardornment for over 5000 years, so sooner or later someone was going to stick some all over a guitar.

Californian artist "BePicky" makes stuff out of guitar picks. I like her chandelier for $95 (I can spot some of my favourite Dunlop Tortex picks on there). She also makes baby pacifiers $10 and jewelery (from $15 to $50).

Link: BePicky stuff made out of guitar picks.

Chris Gilmour is a UK born artist currently living in Udine, Italy, who specialises in life size cardboard scupltures of everyday objects. His work includes three full size gibson style guitars: an ES-335, a single cutaway Jazz guitar and a flying V.

Iner Souster makes experimental musical instruments. His stringed instruments are often made from salvaged materials, and are art works in themselves.

Looks like some lost their assembley instructions from Warmoth!

You can buy this if you want for $400.

Between The Notes is an original work by Shannon Couture, an artist and musician from Western Maine.

Mike Shubic worked in marketing for 16 years, then one day he decided to quit the day job to make and sell outdoor sculptures. This giant guitar is one of his creations: it measures 12 feet by 4 feet (although he can make it to any size). It is made from metal, and Mike says it can actually be played. It is still available for sale for $6500.

These handpainted stratocaster style guitars are selling now on Etsy.com. They are made by gluing painter's canvas to the guitar body, the canvas is then custom painted using oil paints. The canvas surface is then sealed with a matte varnish. The guitar comes with just neck and body, without any hardware, for $380.

Teenar is a guitar made from a girl mannequin. Because she is armless it looks creepily like the player's arms are really her arms. Guitar maker, musician and artist Lou Reimuller from Richmond, Virginia made her in 1986, around the same time as the film Mannequin, a romantic comedy starring Kim Cattrall as the mannequin and Andrew McCarthy as her love interest.

This guitar coffee table was made by self taught metal artist Timothy Adam from Grand Rapids in Michigan. It is an oversized handmade version of a Les Paul around 5 feet long, 2 feet wide and 18 inches high. Made from mild steel it has a blue tinted clear coat.

Girl brand's Chris Larsen makes guitars as they should be made, each one is a work of art and great fun. Money is not the bottom line with this guy!

Like radioactive giraffes, guitars have been sprouting extra necks for some time now. Witness Jimmy Page's double neck SG on live versions of “Stairway To Heaven” or the guy out of Cheap Trick with his many-necked guitar. Some guitarists have exploited the extra necks to musical effect, like ambidextrous virtuoso Michael Angelo.