Friday, November 27, 2015

Recycle Art Links


Rosa Montesa – gift boxes from plastic bottles
http://www.recicladocreativo.com/recopilacion-de-cajas-de-regalo-bomboneras-y-dulceros-reciclando-botellas-de-plastico/#.Vk9tJLuFPDB

Elisa Insua – colourful sculptures from plastic scraps
http://www.elisainsua.com/index.php

Florie Salnot – plastic gold jewellery with Sahara refugees, sponsored by Sandblast Arts
http://www.floriesalnot.com/PlasticGoldPart1.html
http://www.sandblast-arts.org/

Sarah Frost – wall installation using keyboard keys
http://www.sarahfrost.info/

Choi Jung Hyun – sculpture using keyboard keys
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/choi-jung-hyun-assembles-non-venomous-viper-with-recycled-keyboa/

Joao Sabino – keyboard key purses
http://www.joaosabino.pt/home.php?lang=en

Derek McDonald – metal sculptures
http://www.derekmcdonaldartworks.com/

Mike Davis – sculptures from tyres
http://www.mickdavissculptor.com/

Connie Sabo – twisted paper sculptures
http://www.conniesabo.com/

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

Friday, November 6, 2015

Recycle Art Links


Tomas Vitanovsky – animal sculptures from scrap metal
http://www.boredpanda.com/wonderful-sculptures-created-with-recycled-motorbike-parts/

Extrema Outdoor Music Festival  - 600 pallets were used to create a stage that embraces visitors and provides an intimate environment within the crowded festival. By placing the DJ booth in the center of the structure, the stage is made tactile and experiential for visitors
http://www.1001pallets.com/2015/10/600-pallets-structure-extrema-outdoor-music-festival-netherlands/?utm_source=wysija&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1001Pallets+Weekly+Newsletter
http://xofestival.nl/en/news/extrema-outdoor-2015-stages

William Heeffer – boiler lamps
http://www.willemheeffer.nl/lately/boiler-lamp-collection/

Cecile Perra – sculpture and collage
http://www.artperra.fr/

PopDots – design of gallery interior using reclaimed wood bits
http://design-milk.com/reclaimed-wood-used-design-gallery-interior/
http://www.pop-dots.com/#!instalacion-cc/cw8p

Washed Ashore – sculptures from plastic ocean waste
http://washedashore.org/

The Art of Craft Lecture: Reclamation – November 17 starts at 7 pm at Carousel Theatre’s Studio C on Granville Island on November 17th.  Partipants include Bridget Catchpole, Kaarina Talvila, and Lorraine Kwan and Janet Lee of ReVision
http://craftcouncilbc.ca/happenings/2015/11/17/art-of-craft-lecture-series-reclamation/
https://www.facebook.com/events/449022418615426/

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

Friday, May 29, 2015

Recycle Art Links


Bordalo II – trash murals on the streets of Lisbon
https://www.facebook.com/BORDALOII/

Salvatore Cerceo – sculptures of people
http://scerceo.com/

William Turner – guitars
https://www.etsy.com/shop/WunkywerksGuitars?ref=shopinfo_shophome_leftnav
https://www.facebook.com/wunkywerks/

Hans Eijkenboom – maker of Voegelhotels, bird condo units
http://www.kunstweb.net/vogelhotel/

Michael – metal sculpture using copper wire and keys
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Moerkey/538873869482994
https://www.etsy.com/people/Moerkey?ref=owner_profile_leftnav

Jola and Justin – built their own castle truck
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/05/19/couple-creates-a-tiny-sustainable-three-story-house-truck-take-a-look-inside/

James Korpan – metal sculpture
http://www.jameskorpan.com/

Valerie Bunnell – her ceramic figures incorporate lots of recycled materials
http://www.valeriebunnell.com/

Project LUV Seat – a collaboration between Loopworks and Soithwest Airlines
http://looptworks.com/LUV/

Reima Honkasalo – sculpture using recycled materials
http://www.reimahonkasalo.com/

Friday, May 1, 2015

Recycle Art Links

Lauren Milroy – love her shoes made from colored pencils
 
Karen Mueller – found art assemblage
 
Anya Beaumont – sculpture using maps and discarded plastic (among other things)
 
Dave Davis – sculpture from a variety of materials
 
Fantome – line of bags from bicycle inner tubes
 
Rosy – folded book art
 
Nolia Shakti – jewellery from nespresso cups
 
Barbara Franc – animal sculptures
 
Dave Gowman – his Legend of the Flying Monkeys band makes and performs with instruments made from recycled materials
 
Upscale Style – a fashion show of wearable trash fashion at the Schack Art Centre in Everett WA May 2, 2015

Friday, April 10, 2015

Recycled Art Links


Veronika Richterova – PET art sculptures
http://www.veronikarichterova.com/en/

Ann Smith – sculpture from reclaimed electronic trash
http://www.burrowburrow.com/

Paul Villinski – sculptures including butterflies from beer cans
http://www.paulvillinski.com/

Rosy – folded book art
http://www.thefoldedpage.com/

Crea-re – love the lamps from wooden clothes pegs
http://crea-re.com/

David Olschewski – another take on lighting using clothes pegs
http://www.olschewski-design.com/

Melinda Tidwell – mixed media artist using found books
http://melindatidwell.com/

You can check out photos from RARE (Recycled Art and Resource Expo) during the past weekend
https://www.facebook.com/RAREBellingham

Nathalie Kalbach – watch her video of the making of a mixed media painting using found materials around the home for a little creative jump start
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5PThtFdnE

DYI - Upcycled Chic and Modern Hacks: Thrifty Ways for Stylish Homes by Liz Bauwens and Alexandra Campbell
http://www.amazon.ca/Upcycled-Chic-Modern-Hacks-Thrifty/dp/1782491856/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428171462&sr=8-1&keywords=Upcycled+chic+and+modern+hacks%3A+thrifty+ways+for+stylish+homes

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/

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/