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/

Friday, January 9, 2015

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