Weekly Recycle Art Links

Dario Tironi and Koji Yoshida – 2011 joint exhibition of sculpture from plastic products including toys

http://www.arch2o.com/things-crash-toys-dario-tironi-koji-yoshida/

http://www.dariotironi.com/

Loran Scruggs – toys and whistles from bottle caps and tin cans

http://www.etsy.com/people/loranscruggs?ref=owner_profile_leftnav

Alex Smolen and Kim Barr – clothing and accessories from remnant and recycled materials

http://www.fairjake.ca/

Joel Hester of the Weld House – line of furniture from reclaimed steel (including car hoods)

http://www.weldhouse.com/

Jason Mecier – celebrity portraits

http://www.jasonmecier.com/

Ample Sample – a challenge where design entries are made from carpet samples

http://www.amplesample.net/

Luca Scarpellini - one-off design pieces, starting from reclaimed and discarded materials, then modified and assembled

http://www.usedesign.it/

Hillary Coe – painting with tin cans

http://hillarycoe.com/#Can-Love-1

Rashad Alakbarov – painting with shadows and light

http://catinwater.com/2012/08/21/rashad-alakbarov-paints-with-shadows-and-light/

Ignacui Canales Aracil – I like his sculptures using dried plants

http://www.canalesaracil.com/

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Giuseppe Penone – sculpture using natural elements – for his The Hidden Life Within he carefully removed the growth rings of a tree to reveal the "sapling within" so by carving out the inside of a tree trunk and leaving the knots in place, they eventually emerge as tiny limbs

http://www.ago.net/giuseppe-penone-the-hidden-life-within

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fo-76Gfg3w

Maurico Affonso – product designer to often works on recycled projects (check out his pop pendant light)

http://www.mauricioaffonso.com/

Da Lata – a Brazillian collective that makes accessories from ring pulls

http://www.da-lata.com/

Heath Nash – South African designer working with local recycled materials

http://www.heathnash.com/

Gerard Collas – sculptures in stone

http://gerardcollas.hautetfort.com/

Jeff Ballard – portraits using food packaging and junk mail

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

Jim Shores – sculpture from found objects

http://www.jimshoresart.com/

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

Lisa Kokin – sewing with recycled materials

http://www.lisakokin.com/

Dolan Geiman – mixed media from salvaged wood, found objects and other recycled materials

http://dolangeiman.com/

Luca Scapellini – designer using discarded materials and old recovered objects

http://www.usedesign.it/?lang=en

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Jennifer Bell – upcycling fashion including this number made with paper, pop tabs, curtains, old worn leather jackets and cardboard, just to name some

http://www.discardedcouture.org/

Lindsay Pollak – maker of instruments from unusual materials including a carrot clarinet and rubber glove bagpipe

http://www.youtube.com/user/SquealyD?feature=watch

Olga Oreshyna – art panels from abandoned wood

http://olga66.wordpress.com/

Marco Lai of Hell’s Kitchen – from inner tubes, car seat-belts, t-shirts, shirts to bags and accessories

http://www.hellskitchen.it/

Renewal Notice: Creative Reuse in Art, Craft, Fashion & Design a creative reuse exhibition curated by Garth Johnson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTfDXO0wrg

Johnson’s book 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse: Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew contains pieces by past and present ReVision – the Art of Recycling artists

You can buy the coffee table book here

http://www.amazon.com/1000-Ideas-Creative-Reuse-Restyle/dp/1592535402

http://books.google.ca/books?id=UmRsLYclNY0C&sitesec=reviews

or download a free digital version here as a pdf

http://www.filestube.com/1/1000+ideas+for+creative+reuse

Andy Goldsworth – environmental artist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT3lveJmjY8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP_-P7ZcWZU

http://www.ucblueash.edu/artcomm/web/w2005_2006/maria_Goldsworthy/TEST/index.html

Clare at Urchin Bags – made from seat belts, used bicycle inner tubes, and scrap vinyl and upholstery material

http://www.urchinbags.com/

URBN Hotel Shanghai – China’s first carbon-neutral hotel has used recycled and reclaimed local materials throughout the construction.

One of the best examples is the back wall of the main lobby decorated with a collection of old suitcases.

http://www.recyclart.org/2010/12/urbn-hotel/

http://www.urbnhotels.com/

Kathyanne White – mixed media with digital output onto alternative surfaces (like pop cans and bottle caps)

http://digitalalternativestudio.com/

http://www.digitalalternativesurfaces.com/

How to make roses from maple leaves

http://haha.nu/creative/how-to-make-roses-from-maple-leaves/

Weekly Recycle Art Links

ReVision – a recent found object art exhibition in Halifax (above by Lisa Cochrane)

http://revisionexhibition.wordpress.com/tag/recycled-art/

ReVision Lounge and Gallery in New York – where all the furnishings, the lighting, even the bar itself, and each piece is made entirely of recycled materials

http://www.revisionlounge.com/

Sam Spenser – check out his Scrap section

http://www.miscellanyinc.com/

Karin Granstrand – objects and installations

http://karingranstrand.com/

Revision – the Seattle ReStore’s furniture making division

http://www.re-store.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=562&Itemid=299

Austin Hay – a 16 year old is building his own home from salvaged materials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXDu2U-CmkI

http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/16-yr-old-builds-tiny-home-to-guarantee-mortgage-free-future/

Revision – apprentices at Boston’s Artists for Humanity create a green furniture line made from mail tubes

http://afhboston.org/

ReVision – film showcases the art of Pacific Northwest artists such as Ross Palmer Beecher, Marita Dingus, and ScrapArtsMusic, among several others who create music, sculpture, fashion, street, and mixed media art using re-purposed, found, or salvaged materials

http://revisionthefilm.com/

Landfil Harmonica – a documentary about a musical orchestra in Paraguay, where young musicians play instruments made from trash, be sure to watch the video teaser

http://landfillharmonicmovie.wordpress.com/

How to make 2 cheap lighters into a tiny motorcycle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep05F7ZxeD0

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Bret Coelho – assemblage, installations and furniture (above a Sydney tram network map installation under construction made from weathered boards and road signs)

http://www.brettcoelho.com.au/

Molly Bright – bottle cap portraits

http://www.mollybright.com/

Jim Rosenfeld - bookshelves from vintage books (be sure to check out his whimsical About the Art

http://thisintothat.com/

Mike Urban – metal dinosaur sculptures

http://www.mikeurbanart.com/

Live Debris – an organization dedicated to exchanging, exploring and developing new methods for reusing discarded materials and transforming peoples’ perceptions of waste

http://www.livedebris.org/

Hoyan Ip – her Bio-Trimmings project makes fashion trimmings from food waste

http://hoyanip.com/

Danielle Maret – mixed media and mail art

http://www.daniellemaret.com/

Rajeev Aggarwal – glass bottles as canvas

http://bottlesnotempty.blogspot.in/

To Make You Smile association – interesting school bench project and birdhouses

http://www.tomakeyousmile.com/

and an interesting exhibition of art made from Mt Everest trash was held in Nepal recently

http://www.treehugger.com/culture/art-made-mt-everest-trash-exhibited-nepal.html

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Reestore Ltd designs and manufactures a range of handmade products for the home and for the office including chairs made from shopping trolleys, roll top baths transformed into sofas, and desks produced from aeroplane wings

http://www.reestore.com/

Hilary Pfeifer – enjoyed her Beauty of Life installation inspired by the wallpaper and fabric patterns of William Morris using around one thousand leaf, flower, fruit and bird forms made from reclaimed wood from deconstructed homes, or ornate picture frames, rulers, decorative fruit, toys, and cooking utensils

http://hilarypfeifer.com

Caitlin Phillips – book purses

http://rebound-designs.com/

Stephanie Vandal – sculptures and altered dolls

http://stephanievandal.com/

Anna Raddatz – scarves from tshirts

http://anagramworkshop.blogspot.ca/

Katherine Rasmussen – reuse of sailboat sails

http://reiter8.com/

Pierre Lota – check out his 1 minute objects section (the videos are fun to watch)

http://pierrelota.com/

Dmitry Khristenko – motorcycle watches

http://www.designboom.com/art/miniature-watch-motorcycles-by-dmitry-khristenko/

Gustav Reyes – rings from salvaged wood, each with its own story

http://simplywoodrings.com/

Adam Eckstrom – lottery ticket art in her collage section

http://www.ghostofadream.com/

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Robert Jefferson Travis Pond – metal sculptures from random assortment of metals

http://www.steelpond.com/

Patricia Chapman – assemblages that enable her to give full reign to her “hunter gatherer instincts”

http://www.thepatstudio.com/

Daniel Goers – runs an experimental studio creating things out of readily available materials often incorporating ecological/botanical components

http://www.autumn-workshop.com/

Jim Shores – metal sculpture from found objects

http://jimshoresart.com/

Jessica Jackson – lighting from recycled materials

http://www.jessicafoundit.com/

Kyle Bean – I particularly enjoyed his sculptures from eggshells

http://www.kylebean.co.uk/

Groovy Green Glass – products from post-consumer glass including wind chimes

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

Sew Much Style – I like their accessories made from recycled men’s suits

http://www.etsy.com/search?q=sewmuchstyle&view_type=gallery&ship_to=ZZ

Sophie Marsham – metal sculpture (not all recycled) but I did enjoy the radiator sheep

http://www.sophiemarsham.com/

and check out this nifty invention by a 15-year old (girl I might add)

http://io9.com/5958887/oh-this-just-some-teenage-girls-from-africa-who-invented-a-urine+powered-generator