Weekly Recycle Art Links

Miguel Aparici – sculpture including whimsical animals and birds from wood and metal

http://miquelaparici.com/

Bridget Catchpole – jewellery from plastic retrieved from beaches

http://www.bridgetcatchpole.com/

Stephanie Dubernard – objects including a lamp made from recycled chopsticks

http://stephaniedubernard.com/

Lincoln Heller – leathergoods, although the leather isn’t recycled the surface impressions are made with recycled objects such as bicycle spokes, hood ornaments and bolts

http://fiveleft.ca/

Upcycle Magazine – an online magazine about upcycling, recycling, and reusing with projects, interviews, giveaways, links to interesting sites, and more

http://www.upcyclemagazine.com/

Katherine Soucie – fashion from nylon hosiery

http://www.sanssoucie.ca/

Corinne Okada – sculptures inspired by family stories of plantation era Hawaii

http://www.okadadesign.com/

Take Off Your Clothes – creators of a line of deconstructed and reconstructed t-shirts and dresses

http://www.takeoff-yourclothes.com/

Christine Terrell – upcycled jewellery from tins

http://adaptivereuser.com/

Nancy Smythe Thompson – jewellery using old knitting needles

http://www.sassafrascreations.etsy.com

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Melissa Arias – jewellery from coloured pencils

http://www.melissaarias.com/en/

Math Monahan – book sculptures

http://mathmonahan.tumblr.com/

Nicki Lang – salvaged and repurposed leather goods

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

Karin Mueller – sculpture from found and recycled items

http://rejectart.weebly.com/

Erica Odelae – new books from old books

http://www.etsy.com/people/odelae?ref=pr_profile

Pattie Young – metal sculpture

http://rusticravendesigns.com/

Jesus Bubu Negron - commissioned street cleaners to collect used cigarette butts which he then turned into a woven carpet

http://www.designboom.com/art/jesus-bubu-negron-cigarette-butt-street-rug/

Jason Twiggy Lott – icons and mixed media

http://www.jasontwiggylott.com/

Heather Jansch – life-size horses from driftwood

http://www.heatherjansch.com/

Renunu Earthday Fashion Show - Sunday April 21st 2013 4pm to midnight in Seattle

http://renunu.com/earthday-fashion-show/

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Andrew Ko – mixed media and installations using circuitry and metal

http://www.andrewrko.com/

Lynne Taylor - robots

http://www.smilingdragonflystudio.com/

Georgina Ferrans – installations and altered journals

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

http://phizzychick.blogspot.ca/

Revision – the found object exhibition took place during the summer of 2012 in Halifax, with works by Lisa Cochrane, Jay Dort, Emma FitzGerald, Noah Logan, Susan Malmstrom, Mike Milligan, Mellisa Schwegmann and Catherine Venart

http://revisionexhibition.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/revision-exhibition-at-the-nova-scotia-archives-gallery/

Ken Butler – hybrid instrument sculptures

http://www.mindspring.com/~kbhybrid/

Ankie Wessels – lamps

http://www.rubbishdesign.nl/work.php

Shannon Hannon – wings from book pages

http://susanhannon.com/

Eric Brown – reassembled electromechanical devices

http://www.toasterart.com/index.shtml

Victoria Roberts – jewellery from sea glass

http://www.etsy.com/shop/vroberts1017

RARE Recycled Art & Resource Expo presented by Allied Arts of Whatcom County takes place April 20 and 21 in Bellingham WA

http://www.alliedarts.org/content/Events/rare.asp

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Gabriel Dishaw – among other galleries, check his shoe sculpture series from old computers, adding machines, typewriters and old technology

http://www.gabrieldishaw.com

Kate Carvellas – collage, mixed media and assemblage

http://artslant.com/global/artists/show/24211-kate-carvellas

Brent Coelho – furniture from old timber and road signs

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

Matthew Cusick – collage and altered books

http://www.mattcusick.com/

Lars Henkel – collage

http://www.larshenkel.com/

Janet Perkins – portraits and paintings using plastic

http://www.bluebowerbird.co.uk/

Marina DeBris – sculpture from beach trash

http://washedup.us/

Matjames Metson – assemblage

http://www.matjames.com/

Michael Culhane – kinetic sculptures

http://www.zhibit.org/profile/kinetic1

Steve X Craig – mixed media collage art

http://stevexcraig.com/

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Joe Pogan – animal sculptures from old watches, sprockets, nuts and bolts

http://www.joepogan.com

Becky Hickley – designer of bags and accessories made using skateboards

http://www.beckycity.com/

Andrew Chase – mechanical animals from automobile and plumbing parts

http://www.andrewchase.com

Jennifer Collier – household objects made from paper

http://www.jennifercollier.co.uk/

Jerry Simpson – dumpster diver extraordinaire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5u97EfYZ2E

David Brady – figurative and landscape mixed media paintings incorporating found materials

http://bradyart.com/

Dave Lovejoy – assemblage

http://www.lovejoyart.com/

Jason Hadley – assemblage

http://jasonhadley.com/

Julie Kornblum – basketry and weaving

http://juliekornblum.com/

Steve Gerberich  - current animatronic exhibition at Vancouver Science World – Creativity in Motion: Springs, Sprockets and Pulleys

http://www.scienceworld.ca/creativityinmotion

http://www.gerbomatic.com/

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Diana Savona – collages from salvaged linens

http://www.dianesavonaart.com/

Cindy Lewis – collage from things like hockey sticks and baseball gloves

http://www.cindylewisart.com/

Dan Rawlings – cutouts in metal

http://danrawlings.wordpress.com/

Nirit Levav – dog from bicycle chains, squirrel from acorns, turtle from bicycle gears

http://www.niritlevav.com/

Peter Madden – 2D and 3D collages from National Geographic magazines

http://www.fehilycontemporary.com.au/pages/peter-madden/

Seo, Young-Deok – figurative sculptures using bicycle chain

http://youngdeok.com/

Naomi Zettl and Andreas Kunert – ancient art of stonework

http://www.ancientartofstone.com/

Hanna Gitton – sculptures from books

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

Jim Shores – whimsical sculptures

http://www.jimshoresart.com/

Bradley Hart – a unique use for bubble wrap

http://www.bradleyhart.ca/

Weekly Recycle Art Links

Michelle Reader – sculptures that often have mechanical elements, using the working parts of old toys and clocks

http://www.michelle-reader.co.uk/

Lin Evola-Smidt – sculptures of angels made from decommissioned weapons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPfcclu7eGQ

Ptolemy Elrington – hub cap creatures

http://www.hubcapcreatures.com/

Mathieu Goussin and Hortense Le Calvez - underwater sculptures from marine trash

http://forlane6studio.com/

http://forlane6studio.tumblr.com/

Wim Delvoye – sculpted rubber tires

http://www.wimdelvoye.be/

Yuken Teruya – her Corner Forest project uses toilet paper rolls

http://www.yukenteruyastudio.com/projects-1/coner-forest

Miguel Rivera – cars, bikes and robots sculpted from computer hard drives and other electronic parts

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/adorable-sculptures-created-from-e-waste.html

Robert Bradford – sculptures from toys

http://www.robertbradford.co.uk/

Leo Sewell – more junk sculpture

http://leosewell.net/

a nifty DYI project to recycle light bulbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzNq2qsyu4&feature=player_embedded