Friday, June 28, 2013

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Christopher Wild – paper collages using paper money
 
Viet Tran – magazine paper collage
 
Rebeca Trevino – assemblage from dumpster diving finds
 
Sloppy James – 3-dimentional paper collages using bottles as the canvas
 
Kyle Johnston – collage and assemblage
 
Jen Bell – fashion and set design
 
Vollis Wilson – wind powered whirligigs
 
Art Made From Books published by Chronicle Books (available August 2013)
 
Gary Harvey – his eco-couture clothing collection is inspired by vintage couture and made entirely from recycled clothing – my favourite being made from 42 pairs of Levi 501′s in various shades of indigo cut up and reconstructed to create a tiered ball gown with a corset waist
 
DIY – what to do with all those old crayons lying around

Friday, June 21, 2013

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Dale Copeland – assemblage
 
Lyndal Osborne – installations from saved/salvaged organic materials (she says she has kept the rinds of every grapefruit she has eaten)
 
Ettore Guatelli – his collection now a museum (see, now you have an excuse)
 
M.T. Liggett – his kinetic totems line the pastures along US highway
 
Bob Rizzo – his totems and shrines use a wide variety of materials
 
Elizabeth Fleming – dimensional collages
 
Joy Floyd – collage
 
Harriet Serenkin – Collage
 
Ellen Golla – paper mosaic collage
 
Just for fun, a recycling flashmob to end this week’s links

Friday, June 14, 2013

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Andrew Chase – articulated mechanical animals from automobile and plumbing parts
 
Andrew Benson – guitars from recycled wood
 
Joe Pogan – animal sculptures from watches, sprockets, nuts and bolts
 
Robert Brandford – large imaginative sculptures from discarded plastic toys
 
Brian Mock – detailed sculptures from recycled metal, check out his crazy guitars
 
Frank Russell – fish sculptures
 
Julien Garcia – animal sculptures using discarded plastic
 
Ocean Sole – turn old flip-flops into colourful toys
 
Jen Hardwick – mixed media collage
 
DYI – How to make a lamp from vintage cameras
 

Friday, June 7, 2013

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Gerard Collas – sculpture from roadside finds
 
Garth Britzman – designer focusing on sustainability and environmental issues
 
Lia Griffith – fashion from paper, enjoyed the irony of the dress made from Vogue magazine pages
 
Valentia and Riccardo Sartori – furnishings from unwanted doors
 
Fontegrise – makers of furniture from industrial molds
 
Walter Raes – wearable and design art entirely from household and industrial materials
 
Peter Clark -  3D collage including animals and garments
 
Charles Koroly – costume designer (not all recycled, but unusual)
 
Lucy Norman - upcycled and sustainable lights, furniture and jewellery
 
DYI – 50 things to make from old jeans
 
If you missed our presentation for the Craft Council of BC at the Vancouver Public Library, you can catch some of it