Friday, January 30, 2015

Recycle Art Links

Ann Smith – animal sculpture
 
Matthew Bartik – metal folk art with a love of forks
 
Studio Bertjan Pot – check out their “Stairway to Heaven” lighting system using ladders
 
Inghua Ting – flooring and accessories made from leather belts and seat belts
 
Greta Constantine – seat belt couture
 
Dale Weber – assemblage
 
Lynn Muir – driftwood sculptures
 
Judith and Joyce Scott – amazing story of the creative spirit making art assemblages known as “outsider art”
 
 

Friday, January 23, 2015

Recycle Art Links


JT Smalley – sculptures
https://www.facebook.com/jtsmalleyArtist

Wendy Stanwick – jewellery from diamond drill core samples
http://www.sliceofthenorth.ca/

Pea Garvanian – solar power art lamps
http://leftoverspg.weebly.com/

Joseph and Bridget Farmer – whimsical sculpture from metal
http://www.jbfarmer.com/

Heather Fortin Rubald – handbags, totes and accessories from post-consumer plastic bags
http://hfrdesigns.com/

Johnny Fireseed and the Junkyard Dogs – band using instruments made entirely from recycled materials
http://johnnyfireseed.com/

Mary Gubbels – altered books
https://www.etsy.com/shop/GoldenOwlArts

Dana Parlevliet – paper flowers
https://www.etsy.com/ca/people/danamazing
http://g45papers.typepad.com/graphic45/2011/06/dana-feature.html

Kimberly Anne Jackson – handmade paper sculptures
http://www.kimberlyannejackson.com/

Stefan Thompson – paintings and sculptures on sticks and stones
http://stefanthompson.com/

Friday, January 16, 2015

Recycle Art Links


Nita Bowerman – trash fashion designer (among other things)
http://nitabowerman.com/costume-design/refuse-refuse/

Aidana Baldassarre – designer of wearable art with trash as her raw material
http://www.trash-fashions.com/

Ashley Hansell – trash fashion designer
https://www.facebook.com/TrashDesigns/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TrAshFashion?ref=shopinfo_shophome_leftnav

Fariba Mirzaie – fashion designer and textile artist
https://www.facebook.com/fariba.mirzaie.1
http://fariba-mirzaie.artistwebsites.com/art/all/all/all

Cindy Fortin – check out her Kitty Pop Dress made with dryer sheets and straws
http://www.upcycleddesignlab.com/2014/12/recycle-santa-fe-art-festival-and-trash-fashion-show.html

Port Moody Wearable Arts Awards – performance February 21, 2015, exhibition February 26 to April 2, check out the gallery of 2013 winners
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.571048602920062.135748.214159758608950&type=3
http://pedersson.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Blog-Collage-2013-WEARABLE-ART.jpg

Hartford Trashion Fashion Show – check out some of the 2014 designers
http://www.trashionfashionshow.com/hartford-designers/

Junk to Funk – trashion edutainment for the masses (they too organize an annual trash fashion show in Portland, Oregon
http://www.junktofunk.org/
https://www.youtube.com/user/junktofunk

Fusion Fashion and Art Week – fashion week in Palm Springs, November 2014, check out some of the trash fashion
https://www.facebook.com/FusionFashionAndArt/photos_stream

Recycled Runway – fashion show in Florida January 18, 2015
https://www.facebook.com/events/589793124455255/

Trash to Fashion Show, part of Paris Fashion Week – March 7, 2015
https://www.facebook.com/events/729988617079271/?fref=ts

World of Wearable Art, New Zealand –  these guys are more like trashion fashion meets Cirque de Soleil
https://www.facebook.com/WorldofWearableArt/photos_stream
their next exhibition is September 24 to October 11, 2015
http://worldofwearableart.com/tickets/