Friday, July 26, 2013

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Nina Lindgren – check out her cardboard heaven project
 
Jason Mercier – mosaic portraits
 
Bernard Pras – anamorphosis
 
Dolman Geiman – mixed media using Southern ephemera including old textbooks and nature magazines, handwritten civil war love letters, metal ornaments, wooden nickels
 
Mark Reigelman – especially liked the Reading Nest made from 10,000 discarded wood boards
 
1001 Pallets – a blog dedicated to repurposing pallets
 
Jeremy Underwood – his Human Debris sculptures are made from collected beach debris
 
Jeremy Mayer – typewriter assemblage
 
Orson Li – robots from aluminum cans
 
A list of creative reuse centres in the USA and internationally

Friday, July 19, 2013

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Nathalie Trepanier – animal sculptures from industrial scrap
 
Michael Sachs – interesting assemblages
 
Mirjana Smith – tea and coffee pot assemblages from discarded and unwanted items
 
Paul Madoc – bags from various upcycled materials (each unique bags details what materials have been used)
 
Insite into the Brazil's catadores (trash  collectors) of the Asmare cooperative
 
Domino’s Pizza initiative to upcycle corporate materials that have old logos
 
Jennifer Kuhns – mosaics from scrap porcelain, ceramics and glass tiles
 
Lisa Kokin – sculptures and installations using sewing buttons and book spines
 
Sarah Turner – lighting from plastic bottles
 
Art without Waste: 500 Upcycled and Earth-Friendly Designs – opportunity to submit to this upcoming book
There is no submission fee, nor do you get paid, but you can add it to your resume
Submission is all online
Previously Rockport published 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse
 

Friday, July 5, 2013

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Meg Hannan – fabric jewels made using items such as  bedspreads, placemats, t-shirts and towels
 
Andrea Boriani – his canvas is made of computer parts, floppy disks, hard disks and CD-ROMs
 
Cedar Meuller – life size metal animal sculpture
 
Jacob Jorgensen – furniture from found wood
 
Hong Kong Willie – creator of Tampa Bay reservation site
 
Sandhi Schimmel – paper mosaic
 
Worn Again – messenger bags from Virgin Atlantic plane seats and Royal Mail bags
 
Pamela Paulsrud – book arts
 
Ginger – check out the jewellery from plastic bottles
 
Stefanie Nieuwenhuys – fashion from biowaste, including plywood pieces