Weekly Recycle Art Links

Caitlin r.c. Brown – her Cloud contains 5,000 re-appropriated domestic light bulbs which was included in the current Nuit Blanche Calgary

http://incandescentcloud.wordpress.com/

Pierre Ivan Didry – sculpture

http://didry.blogs.fr/

Phillips- Mclean – mosaics

http://www.phillips-mcleanmosaics.com/

Samantha Huanga – altered books

http://www.samanthayh.com/

Philip Glashoff – sculpture from recycled materials including rusty machinery, fire extinguishers, compressor covers and motorcycle tanks, operates a sculpture ranch in California

http://www.glashoffgallery.com/

Arseniy Lapin – sculpture – his sculptures are fun and playful

http://www.arselap.com

Leonard Drew – junk installations

http://www.leonardodrew.com/

Liora Lasselle – winner of the Estethica/Veolia Re-Source Competition for her recycled clothing entries

http://www.ecouterre.com/central-st-martins-student-wins-estethicaveolia-award-for-best-upcycled-collection/

where she teamed with Reclaim to Wear http://www.reclaimtowear.com/ and From Somewhere http://www.fromsomewhere.co.uk/

Sang Sik Hong – large scale sculptures made from drinking straws

http://collabcubed.com/2011/12/15/sang-sik-hong-straw-sculptures/

Roy Lewis – functional art from such items as worn out car, motorcycle and machine parts

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78856957@N03/sets/72157629412849276/

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Jennifer Maestre – sculptures inspired by the sea urchin made with pencils

http://www.jennifermaestre.com/

Dan Levin - sculpture from “rust-caked, post-tech flotsam and jetsam begging to be melded with nature’s slough and fallen debris”

http://www.danlevin.com/

Enjoy the Kadillac guitar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5WfBOLPyXw

Kenneth Cobonpue and Albrecht Birkner – bamboo car

http://mocoloco.com/galleries/gallery/phoenix-car-by-kenneth-cobonpue-and-albrecht-birkner/

http://www.kennethcobonpue.com/

Shoji Kimura – sculpture from cast offs

http://shojiscraprecycling.blogspot.jp/

Felicia Strehmel – lightboxes from period chests of drawers and handmade acrylic photo slides

http://www.lillyslightboxcompany.com/

Federico Uribe – eclectic sculpture collection

http://www.federicouribe.com/work.php

Thierry Despont – check out his sculptures

http://despontstudio.com/?p=5

and for all you Burning Man fans

http://www.scottlondon.com/photo/burningman2012/

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Kathleen Nowak – jewellery from recycled bicycle and motorcycle inner tubes

http://www.kathleennowaktucci.com/

Cory Barkman - sculpture and furniture from recycled materials

http://www.corybarkman.com/

Francois Robert – current photography exhibition of bones

http://www.hammergallery.com/artists/robert/robert.htm

http://francoisrobertphotography.com/

Scott Wade – dirty car art

http://www.dirtycarart.com/

Eleanor Salazar – jewellery from used pool balls

http://eleanorsalazar.com/

P&P Office Waste Paper Processor – from office waste paper to pencil

http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/09/15/paper-to-pencil-just-like-that/

Julia Vasic - jewellery from discarded t-shirts

http://juliavasic.com/

Craig Pearce and Cara Donaldson – custom reclaimed wood furniture

http://www.unionwoodco.com/

Bob Campbell – furniture and sculpture from industrial scrap

http://www.stig-art.co.uk/

From barns to modern residences

http://weburbanist.com/2012/08/30/rustic-ruins-to-modern-residences-3-barn-renovations/

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Anneke Jakobs – enjoy her Chaquita banana chandelier with instructions to build your own

http://annekejakobs.nl/project/chiquita-chandelier

Izhar Gafni – cardboard bike project

http://designtaxi.com/news/353133/A-Bicycle-Made-From-Recycled-Cardboard/

Tom Kabat – bikes from wood and other scrap

http://inmenlo.com/2012/06/18/tom-kabat-creates-whimsical-but-functional-wooden-bicycles/

http://www.woodenbikes.com

Ali Kijima – stitched collages from found materials

http://inmenlo.com/

Dan Jones – steampunk type objects from recycled materials

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinkerbots/

Megan Klepp – objects from recycled glass

http://tadahpdx.com/

Aaron Kramer – sculpture using recycled materials

http://urban-objects.com/

Randall Kramer – enjoy his line of repurposed furniture

http://kramerdesignstudio.com/repurposed.htm

Alison Lait – accessories from recycled billboards

http://www.senagain.etsy.com

Max Liboiron – dioramas from trash

http://www.maxliboiron.com

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Los Angeles Zoo ad campaign by RLR Advertising include this gorilla made from pencils, plus an owl from newspaper and an elephant from computer parts

http://www.arch2o.com/creative-ads-of-los-angeles-zoo-rlr-advertising/

Tom Szaky – watch this neat video on the founder of TerraCycle

http://www.shft.com/watching/the-big-shft-tom-szaky-terracycle-ceo/

Jennifer Koshbin – book sculpture

http://www.jenkhoshbin.com/

Bernard Pras – paper collage

http://www.bernardpras.fr/

Jami and Nicolas Worth – line of jewellery and wall clocks from vinyl records

http://the-gratefulthread.com/

Randy Hill – sculpture from found objects

http://artfoundango.com/

Bland Hoke – sculpture from recycled materials

http://www.blandhoke.com/

Bryant Holsenbeck – installations from everyday items

http://bryantholsenbeck.com/

Stanton Hunter – installations from recycled materials

http://stantonhunter.com/

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Virginia Fleck – lots of mandellas from plastic bags, but I especially like her “Wish House, Dream House” installation from recycled materials including metal pull tabs

http://virginiafleck.com

Oh, Plastiksack! – an exhibition currently on at the Gewerbemuseum in Switzerland.  I particularly liked Ida-Marie Corell’s dress made from 555 blue IKEA bags

http://collabcubed.com/2012/06/11/oh-plastiksack/

Teri Dryden – mixed media assemblages using old books

http://www.teridryden.com/

Peter Clark – collage from found paper

http://www.peterclarkcollage.com/

Sabine Mescher-Leitner – sculptures from old bottles

http://www.mescher-leitner.de/

Tracey Falcon – art using old newspapers

http://www.traceyfalcon.co.uk/

Sara Turner – art from recycled plastic drink bottles. Currently on display is her lighting sculpture made for Coca Cola at the London Olympics

http://www.sarahturner.co.uk/

Golpeavisa – love their food portrait of Rene Redzepi

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/22865/rene-redzepi-a-food-portrait-by-golpeavisa.html

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Pegasus, made from 3500 cellular phones commissioned London’s Machine Shop by Huawei, a global information and communications technology solutions provider, to make a grand statement recently outside of the entrance to the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57385432-1/pegasus-statue-fashioned-from-3500-phones/

Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan – husband and wife team who use recycled materials to create installations laden with memories

I particularly liked the wings made from flip flops

http://manilaartblogger.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/alfredo-isabel-aquilizan-x-2/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdNq1lsugFc

Brian Mock – sculpture from metal junk

http://www.brianmock.com/

Superuse – online community of people interested in inventive ways to recycle

http://superuse.org/

Sanitation Garage, NYC – a gallery of scavenged art

http://www.theage.com.au/world/the-big-apples-trash-builds-a-bricabrac-collectors-treasure-trove-20120724-22n9n.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/nyregion/in-new-york-sanitation-dept-garage-an-art-gallery.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion

Speedo provided swimwear offcuts to fashion designers, From Somewhere, and the result  - upcycled gowns

http://www.ecouterre.com/speedo-from-somewhere-turn-banned-lzr-swimsuits-into-fabulous-frock/

Janet Jones – mixed media collages

http://www.janetjonesfineart.com/

Mary Engel – her dog sculptures are adorned with found objects

http://www.maryengel.net/

Ken Flett – starting with enlarged photographs, then adding surface features using recycled materials

http://kenflett.com/

Tammy Gay – jewellery from credit cards

http://www.etsy.com/shop/junck