Friday, December 5, 2014

Recycle Art Links


Sophie Marsham – sculpture from reclaimed metals and materials including chandelier pieces
http://www.sophiemarsham.com/

Tanith Rohe – guitar string jewellery
http://guitarstringjewelry.blogspot.ca/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tanith

Kirk Callahan – lamps
http://www.kirkcallahan.com/

Tuan Tran – fashion and wire sculptures
http://www.zhibit.org/tuantran

Stevie Famulari – green fashion
http://www.steviefamulari.net/

 

 

Friday, November 21, 2014

Recycle Art Links

Vladimiras Nikonovas – sculpture and assemblage
 
Osha Neumann and Jason DeAntonis – sculpture at the Albany landfill
 
Paul Herail – sculptures from driftwood and beach scraps
 
Gary Warner – check out his unique acoustic instrument made from cast-off street-sweeper bristles
 
John Bisbee - nails
 
Sam and Lenny at Hobo Woodworks – furniture and accessories from reclaimed wood
 
Adea Chung – jewellery from reclaimed wood
 
Pharrell Williams – better known for music, he is also creative director of Bionic Yarn, which makes fabrics primarily from recycled plastic bottles

Friday, November 7, 2014

Friday, October 24, 2014

Recycle Art Links


Susan Legind – collage bracelets
http://www.cutitout.it/

Harry Grunsky – check out his butterfly project
http://www.harrygrunsky.com/
https://www.facebook.com/harry.grunsky

Blake McFarland – sculpture from rubber tires
http://www.blakemcfarland.com/

Overload Skateboards – from wine barrels
http://www.overlord-skateboards.com/

Gerard Cambon – sculptures
http://cambon.org/

Khalil Chishtee – sculpture using plastic bags
http://www.khalilchishtee.com/

Helena Andreasson – patchwork made from magazine papers
http://hemgjord.blogspot.se/
 

Friday, October 10, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Pam Langdon – book sculpture
 
Lana Shuttleworth – traffic cone art
 
Shannon Weber – woven objects
 
Wiwi Shoes – shoes from coffee sacks and tires
 
Sylvain Gurtler – spiders from light bulbs
 
Soon – check out this video showing how this company designed and made a promotional video for a paper company using recycled papers
 
DYI – concrete modular geometric wall planters
 
DYI – 50 ways to repurpose old things

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links


Haroshi – art from used skateboards
http://haroshi.com/

Beer bottles and Michael Jackson – another look at recycling bottles
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NkbZlautuUc?rel=0

From plastic garbage to shoes
everythingisrubbish.co.uk

Amid Osadi – carved leaves
http://omidasadi.artweb.com/www.leafcuttingart.com
https://www.facebook.com/omidasadiart/

Derick Melander – recycling clothes
http://derickmelander.com/

Tim Delger – furniture from street signs
http://www.timdelger.com/

Recycled Salvage – furniture from car parts
https://www.facebook.com/RepurposedSalvage/

Aurore Halpert – imaginative sculptures
http://www.aurorehalpert.fr/

FYI – for those who use old books in their work, check out the Vancouver Book Fair, October 4 and 5
http://vancouverbookfair.com

FYI – Port Moody Wearable Arts Awards Fashion Show February 26 - April 2, submission deadline November 15
http://www.mailoutinteractive.com/Industry/View.aspx?id=613045

Friday, September 19, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Thomas Wightman – book sculptures
 
Demi Barnes – wedding dress from divorce papers
 
Nicholas Jones – books sculptures
 
James Allen – book sculptures
 
Emma Taylor – book sculptures
 
Ekaterina Panikanova – book sculptures
 
Amy Genser – paper as paint (not sure how much is recycled, but it’s beautiful)

Friday, September 12, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Pierre Prevost – sculpture
 
Patrick Nicol – sculpture and mixed media
 
Peter Eugene Ball – sculptures
 
Paul Hèrail - sculptures
 
Ron Pippin – sculptures
 
Stefano Pilato Livorno – sculptures
 
Vincent Prieur – sculptures
 
Jeff Molloy – sculpture and assemblage
 
Bionic Yarns – denim from recycled plastic bottles

Friday, August 22, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Caroll Bertin – sculptures from textiles
 
Carl Schlichting, Peter Vogelaar and David Ducharme – from sand, ice and snow
 
Pauli Motos – sculpture from car and motorcycle parts
 
Christian Jacques – sculptures
 
Christian Miguel – sculptures
 
Gerard Cambon – sculptures
 
Jean-Pierre Dall’anese – sculptures
 
Jean Branciard – sculptures
 
Miquel Aparici – sculptures

Friday, August 15, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Ginny and Kevin at Vintage Vault – love the bracelets made from vintage silver spoons
 
A couple of bottle cap artists
 
Marzena Baranowska – spun yarn from newspaper and crocheted clothes made from her spun yarns
 
James Doran-Webb – driftwood animal sculptures
 
Cedar Mueller – metal animal sculpture
 
Rabi’a – sculpture
 
Koji Shimoi – pop can dragon
 
MotoArt Studios – furniture from airplanes
 
Trash Menagerie – behind the scenes at an exhibit from Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA

Friday, August 8, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Jori Phillip’s Thesaurus Dress
 
Kate Cusack – zipper jewellery
 
Yoav Kotik – jewellery from metal bottle caps
 
Caroline Saul – plastic milk bottle art
 
Haute Trash Fashion Shows – next show August 19 in Portland Oregon
 
Omid Asadi – leaf cuttings
 
Greg Hanson – assemblage
 
Gerrard and Rebecca of License To Craft – old licence plates made into new things
 
Robin Barcus – dress from garbage bags, casino chips, pine cones, etc
 
DYI – Lamp made from recycled plastic bottles

Friday, July 25, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links


Gerard Collas – sculpture
http://gerardcollas.hautetfort.com/
 
David Emitt – photography and rusty cans
http://www.davidemittadams.com/

Gille Hill Ruici – small metal sculpture
http://gille-monte-ruici.over-blog.com/

Famous Empty Sky – mixed media collage
https://www.facebook.com/famousempty.sky

Margherita Marchioni – jewellery from plastic bags, rubber gloves, rubber bands, BIC pens, etc
http://www.inspirationgreen.com/reuse-jewelry.html
http://arrivedorci.blogspot.it/

Christiane Diehl – jewellery from rubber bands, inner tubes, air mattresses and industrial leather remains

Rubbish Gallery – speaks for itself, brain child of Alice Bradshaw
http://www.advertisingexhibitions.co.uk/gallery_001.html

Medieval Manuscripts Recycled into Clothes
http://www.openculture.com/2014/07/wearing-books-medieval-manuscripts-were-recycled-turned-into-clothes.html

Southwest Airlines recycles 80,000 leather seats into bags, shoes and balls
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/southwest-airlines-upcycle-leather-seats-aeroplane-bags-shoes-balls?CMP=twt_gu

DIY – a light garland from shuttlecocks
http://kittenhood.ro/2014/06/16/diy-shuttlecock-lights-garland/

Friday, July 18, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Forevertron – the largest scrap metal sculpture in the world
in Dr Evermor’s Art Park
 
Carlos Brutus – sculptures from oil drums
 
Mario Caicedo Langer - sculpture from trash and broken gadgets
 
Subodh Gupta – sculptures from brass pots and other metal parts
 
Blue – techsidermy
 
Derek Arnold – metal sculpture
 
Gabriel Dishaw – junk sculpture
 
Roy Lewis – metal sculpture
 
James Bradley – metalwork with junk yard finds
 
How to make a clarinet using a carrot

Friday, June 27, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Katherine Harvey – installations made from empty bottles and plastic packaging
 
Julia Goodman – papermaker who uses unconventional materials to make her paper, from beets to bedsheets
 
Dietmar Voorwold – land art from rocks and leaves
 
Ettore Guatelli Museum – a museum of every object you can probably think of (in Italy)
 
The House of Collection – another cabinet of curiosities (in Williamsburg, NY)
 
TRAIDremade – UK organization whose designers make clothes reusing unwanted textiles including vintage and end rolls
 
Sumer Erek – check out his newspaper house
 
Cadillac Ranch – if in Amarillo Texas check out the cars
 
If you are looking for some inspiration – Rubbish!:  Reuse Your Refuse
 
and a reminder that deadline for submissions for ReVision 2014 is July 15th

Friday, May 23, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links

ReVision – the Art of Recycling Society’s 2014 juried exhibition will take place on Granville Island in Vancouver from September 5 to 7, 2014 featuring art made from recycled materials – art submission deadline July 15
 
Yusuke Asai – mud art
 
John Lopez –  scrap iron sculptures
 
Vladimiras Nikonovas – birds and other creatures
 
Natascha Boel – dioramas
 
Geoff Harvey – animal sculptures
 
10 upcycled architectural projects
 

Friday, May 16, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Guy Laramee – carved book caves
 
Gregory Kloehn – homes for the homeless from junk
 
Linda McClamrock – paper collage
 
Stafano Capaccioli – recycled oak wine barrel creations
 
Robbie Rowlands – installations
 
Patrick Bremer – paper collage
 
John Wilhelm – found object sculptures
 
Chris Maynard – birds from feathers
 
Ken Gerberick - Opening of “Uncommercial Scrap and Steel” at ArtStar Props Studio on May 23, 2014
 
Scrap – check out this creative reuse store and donation centre in Portland
 
DIY – 20 things to try at home

Friday, May 2, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Will Wagenaar – sculptures from flea market finds
 
Christian Faur – pictures using crayons
 
Brian Marshall – robots
 
James Doran Web – driftwood animal sculptures
 
Shawn Dubois – moisaics
 
Melissa Gazzaneo – bags from retired firefighter uniforms
 
Ivar Arulaid – more bags from decommissioned fire hoses
 
Joshua Allen Harris – street artist

Friday, April 25, 2014

Weekly Recycle Art Links


Paul Villinski – birds and butterflies from beer cans
 
Ernie Adams – “dwarf cars” made from scrap
 
Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson – paper collage
 
Kristin Bunyard  – bone jewellery
 
Thor Myhre – sculpture with a fondness for farm implements
 
Ann P. Smith - animal inspired sculptures from broken electronics and machine parts
 
Maurizio Lamponi Leopardi – cool lamps from objects such as an old steam iron or ice cream scoop
 
Alex Andromeda – sculptures from electronics
 
Wasteland – coming to a theatre near you
 
Landfill Art Project – perhaps some of you would be interested in this project