On Art Mondays we bring you innovative, inspiring examples of artists working with and for the environment.

Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor creates cement figures from models--including students and a BBC presenter-- and then places them underwater as artificial reefs, where sea sponges and worms can collect on the hard surface and attract fish and other underwater residents searching for a stable home. Check out the images of the works changing over time, it's both eerie and beautiful how the sea overtakes the forms.

One more image after the jump. All images courtesy Jason deCaires Taylor.
These are from work located in the West Indies. Taylor also works above water, most interesting is UnStill Life II,  a stone box cut with hundreds of holes and filled with compost and seeds.