Friday, April 3, 2015

Recycle Art Links


Joe Eddy Brown – sculptures from junk
https://www.facebook.com/joe.e.brown.90/about?section=bio
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53635309@N03/

Miriam Zink – lampshades from wire hangers
http://get-mi.com/entry/2

Pierre Lota – check out his DIY videos including his tables using wooden hangers
https://www.youtube.com/user/LOTAdesign

Natalie Sampson – lamps from wooden hangers
http://www.nataliesampson.co.uk/

Gordon Froud – check out his minibus made from hangers
http://www.art.co.za/gordonfroud/

Amandine Drouet – sculpture and installation from found materials.  Love the mobile made from piano keys
http://amandinedrouet.com/

Federico Uribe – sculpture from everyday materials, including pencils
http://federicouribe.com/

Maurizio Lamponi Leopardi – lamps from trash
http://www.lamponislamps.com/

Evan Bench – his dragon located in the Paris Zoological Park at the Jardin de Plantes is made completely of aluminum cans
http://news.nster.com/922-crazy-and-masterly-ways-to-turn-trash-into-art.html?b=5

And if you are in the Bellingham area this weekend, check out RARE, April 3 and 4
https://www.facebook.com/RAREBellingham/ 
http://www.alliedarts.org/

Friday, March 20, 2015

Recycle Art Links

 
Sue Beatrice – pocketwatch sculptures
 
Victor Nunes – drawings of faces incorporating everyday objects
 
Anne – love her creations incorporating old lace
 
Kate Cusack – zipper jewellery
 
Michelle Brand – art from plastic bottles
 
Kosuke Tsumura – body architecture
 
Adrian Kershaw – crocheted sculptures using video tape
 
Zilvinas Kempinas – installations using video tape
 
Erika Simmons – portraits from video tape
 
The monks built the Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple in Thailand from a million green Heineken and brown Chang beer bottles

Friday, March 6, 2015

Recycle Art Links

Matt Torrens – driftwood and recycled sculptures
 
Wayne White – word sculptures
 
George Goehl – watch the many videos he has made of his sculptures
 
Martiens Bekker – scrap metal sculptures
 
Bill Boyce – sculpture and metal fabricator
 
Matt Drysdale – metal sculptures
 
Greg Congleton – steel sculptures
 
Al Gamto – kinetic sculptures

Friday, February 27, 2015

Recycle Art Links

Julien Jaborska – belts from bike parts
 
Caroline Breeze – jewellery from scrap wire
 
Christy Cole – inner tube jewellery, among other things
 
Ruby Silvious – used tea bag art
 
Patrick Hoesterey – furniture using old belts
 
Pleasemachine – makers of shoes from recycled fabrics
 
Alyssa and Matt – pallets as canvas, stain as paint
 
Siobhan Humston – bags and accessories from reclaimed fabric and leather
 
Alanna Baird – fish sculptures using tin cans
 
Anna Johansson – bird sculptures from tin cans

Friday, February 13, 2015

Recycle Art Links

Gennady Kornienko – metal steampunk sculptures
 
Thomas Kaya – stone balancing and driftwood sculpture
 
Andrey Drozdov – metal steampunk sculptures
 
Mae Alandes – Pencil shaving jewellery
 
Kathi – metal garden art
 
Ptolemy Elrington – hubcap sculptures
 
Chakaia Booker – sculpture using rubber tires
 
Ann Carrington – check out her Ficus Elastica made from rubber tires and inner tubes
 
Hans Honegger, Carolun Butts and Jake Baer – especially liked their weavings using rubber tires
 
Theo Kamecke – sculptures using electronic waste
 
Leonardo Ulian – mandelas from electronics

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/