Friday, October 16, 2015

Recycle Art Links

David Batchelor – plastic installations, especially enjoyed those using plastic sunglasses
 
Taipei-Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival
 
Veronika Richterova – plastic bottle art
 
Sarah Nicole Phillips – envelope art
 
Fabrice Monteiro – the “Prophecy” collection contains great wearable installations
 
Kathleen Nowak Tucci – jewellery from bicycle and motorcycle inner tubes and Nespresso coffee capsules
 
Leo Jansen – sculptures that walk on the wind made from plastic


Friday, September 18, 2015

Recycle Art Links


An article on our trash fashion outfit, Candy Carousel, at Upcycle That
http://www.upcyclethat.com/trash-fashion/6267/

Tadashi Kawamata – found wood installations
http://www.tk-onthetable.com/

Kamla Kabra – collages from broken glass
http://www.kamlakabra.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV8NwWgql3g

Cheryl Hazan – broken glass mosaics
http://www.cherylhazanmosaic.com/

Marta Klonowska – glass shard animal sculptures
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/02/shattered-glass-animals-by-marta-klonowska/

Spencer Byles – forest sculptures
http://frenchforestsculptures.blogspot.fr/

Frantiselc Rint – artistically arranged bones of tens of thousands of people at the Sedlec Ossuary (one of the top attractions in Czechoslovakia)
http://www.ossuary.eu/index.php/cz/kostnice
and if you’re really into bones, check out the Kaplica Czaszek Chapel in Poland
http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/03/16/chapel-made-of-human-bones/

Joe O’Connell and Blessing Hancock – check out their installation made with bicycle parts
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/05/recycled-bike-part-chandeliers-under-a-texas-overpass/

Friday, September 4, 2015

Recycle Art Links

Shannon Weber – woven objects
 
Deane Valentine Bowers – mixed media shacks, cottages and birds
 
Peter Parkinson - metal artists may be interested in his new book “Making Sculpture from Scrap Metal”
 
Elephant made from 6,000 cardboard tubes
 
Mari Karmin – check out his metal sculpture using old mines
 
Augusto Esquivel – button sculptures
 
Choi Jeong-Hwa – check out this video about his art
 
Sarah Frost – her Debris, Qwerty at PPOW wall art series are made using computer keys
 
Kirsten Hassenfeld – found object scuptures
 
Martin Sanchez – home made of recycled finds such as beer and soda bottles

Friday, August 21, 2015

Recycle Art Links


Charles Duffy, William Gubbins and Billy Turvey – from plastic trash to shoes
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2674940/What-rubbish-pair-trainers-Multi-coloured-shoes-plastic-litter-rivers-sea.html

Francisco de Pajaro – art from random trash found on street
http://www.franciscodepajaro.com/

Ai Ai Gasa – clothing from umbrellas
http://www.aiaigasa.com/

Catherine Edouard Charlot – apparel and accessories from umbrellas
http://www.himane.com/

Jean Shin – sculpture and installation using broken umbrellas
http://www.jeanshin.com/

Amanda Schachter and  Alexander Levi of Slo Architecture – environmental project with NYC youth using broken umbrellas
http://www.sloarchitecture.com/

Umbrella Sky Project – an umbrella installation in Portugal
http://whenonearth.net/umbrellas-float-streets-agueda-portugal/

Anna Meister – a glowing umbrella installation in Australia
http://viola.bz/glowing-umbrella-installation-by-anna-meister/

Bryant Holsehnbeck – installations
http://www.bryantholsenbeck.com/index.html

DIY – recycling old light bulbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzNq2qsyu4
http://101craftideas.com/craft-ideas/80-light-bulb-crafts

Friday, July 31, 2015

Recycle Art Links


Bonnie Coulter – collaged relief sculptures
http://www.coulterart.ca/

Cyrus Kabriu – sculptural spectacles
http://www.ckabiruart.daportfolio.com/

Elisabeth Lecourt – love her map dresses
http://www.elisabethlecourt.com/

Lee Middlehurst – mosaics using CDs
http://www.lifecyclemedia.co.uk/

Matthew Bartik – fork art
http://www.fork-art.com/

Aaron Foster – license plate art
http://www.aaronfoster.com/

Haitian Metal Art – from used oil drums
http://www.haitimetalart.com/

Paul Villinski – angel wings from found gloves
http://recyclenation.com/2010/07/angels-wings-workmans-gloves

Susanna Bauer – uses found natural objects
http://www.susannabauer.com/

Daniel Scott Jr – mosaics using recycled candy and drink labels
http://www.recycledmosaics.net/

Friday, July 10, 2015

Recycle Art Links


NYC City Of Dreams pavilion winner includes Organic Growth made from umbrellas, tripods and tricycle wheels
http://newyork.figmentproject.org/city_of_dreams_pavilion
http://izaskunchinchilla.es/organic-growth/
http://www.recyclart.org/2015/07/pavilion-constructed-out-of-broken-umbrellas-and-bicycle-wheels/

Sophie Carnell – jewelry from salvaged ocean trash
http://www.sophiecarnell.com/

Richart Sowa – environmentalist and architect built his floating home using over 150,000 recycled water bottles
http://www.theplaidzebra.com/off-the-coast-of-mexico-this-man-built-a-private-island-made-of-150000-recycled-water-bottles/

Trashion – makers of jewellery from broken/recycled skateboards
http://www.thrashion.com/

Ann Wizer – environmental activist using recycled materials in her art
http://www.invisiblesisters.org/aboutann.php

Thomas Althaus – jewellery from tin cans
https://www.etsy.com/people/cannedgoodsco?ref=owner_profile_leftnav

Jeff Ballard – collage from product packaging
https://www.facebook.com/BLENDEDimages

Arturas Tamasauskas – sculptures
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Artassteemmaker/

Ana Carolina Lima Santos – check out her chair made from mice
http://www.recyclart.org/2015/06/chair-made-259-upcycled-mice-ana-carolina-lima-santos/

Friday, June 12, 2015

Recycle Art Links

Trashion Fashion Show at the Queens Botanical Garden’s Summer Solstice Celebrations
This is the event that our own Candy Carousel (skirt hem detail shown above) will take part in, representing Vancouver Canada.
As well it will appear at the pop up event on the High Line in Manhattan on the following Sunday.
Charlize Theron Wears Dress Made With Beetle Wings in “Snow White and the Huntsman
Bryony Rose – textile menagerie
Trash Fashion Show Macedonia
Erinne Paisley – grad dress from old homework
she’s auctioning it now to raise money for the Malala Fund
Ania Gastol – recycled paper dresses
Marina DeBris – beach trash to fashion
Julia Genatossio – clothing and accessories from trash from Jakarta
Bryony Rose – textile menagerie
Re:Semblance – an exhibition of recycled art at the Ferry Building in West Vancouver June 23 to July 12