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Trashy and sassy! – Recycled Necklaces Gone Bad

green — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:38:47 +0000

From artist, Erin Stevens: “The base of the pendant is the bottom of a beer can. I haven’t figured out a way to incorporate the entire can, but at least it is a start.” I love the simplicity not to mention the creativity! When you wear this lovely…. only YOU will know its thorns. Created [...]

Recycled Jewelry – Concrete and Glass

green — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:48:33 +0000

Crafted entirely by hand from different colors of concrete and crushed glass. The glass/concrete mixture fills formed stainless steel and brass. Some of the pieces created by this artist contain 75% post consumer recycled glass collected from local beaches. Check out the variety of shapes and sizes …clouds, lightning bolts, flowers, teardrops, hearts, and clovers! [...]

Recycled Paper Fun!

green — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:23:29 +0000

From “Artesa”, created from recycled magazine pages using a “rolling” process that artist, Flavia, learned as a child while playing with movie tickets and store receipts. These days, she rolls up scrap magazine pages, while carefully choosing the perfect color of the coils and slowly shapes her bowls and baskets. The results take weeks to [...]

Another artist working in Coffee Cups

green — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:40:08 +0000

Since everyone loved Cheeming Boey, here’s another artist working on coffee cups….Paul Westcombe (b. 1981). His work can be found in London’s Trinity Contemporary and The Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea.

Cheeming Boey: Recycled Styrofoam Cup Art

green — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:46:53 +0000

Cheeming Boey, an artist from Newport Beach, CA, creates his art using a Sharpie and recycled Styrofoam cups. Ever since 2006, Boey started drawing on foam cups as a hobby and has now turned the project into a serious business. Each cup takes a few hours to several months to create. His work was recently [...]

Recycled Leather Necklaces from Mainichi

green — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:26:43 +0000

From Melbourne, Australia, the jewelry artist (or jewellerey artist) Mainichi creates playful necklaces from recycled upholstery leather and found materials. Many of her necklaces contain movement with hanging, dangling strings and objects. Other pieces consist of layering leathers with vintage Japanese kimono silk fabric or felt with stitched details. Simply gorgeous. Read about her adventures [...]

Brian Dettmer – Recycled Cassettes and Altered Books

green — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:05:01 +0000

Probably best known for his work on altered books, Brian Dettmer also works with altered cassettes and video tape. His work is meticulous. For one piece described in the video, he took over 10,000 photos of the work in progress. The result is an animation of the piece coming alive. His work is being show [...]

Recycled Cassette Tape

green — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:32:55 +0000

Incredible portraits created from recycled cassette tape by artist, Erika Iris Simmons, aka, iri5. These pieces are from her “Ghost in the Machine” series. Most of the work created by iri5 is made from recycled or found materials. In addition to these true to life portraits, she has some amazing collages using recycled paper on [...]

Rugs Created From Recycled T-shirts

green — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:03:13 +0000

Lovely rugs made from recycled T-shirts. I’m sure they are nice and cushy and soft to step on… but the nicest part is that you can just throw these into the washing machine and hang them out to dry. Handcrafted by the talented Etsy seller, Green at Heart, aka Laurine. She has lots of fun [...]

Fair Trade Recycled Peace Stuff

green — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:06:49 +0000

Working on a little peace theme today…. First up: The peace sign handbag is handmade in Guatemala from recycled vintage textiles. Perfect when you want a unique and original gift. From Gambia, Africa, comes these peace pendants made entirely from leftover scrap wood by local artisans. This is part of a movement that you can [...]