Clothing is a powerful metaphor for the cycle
of life, a new dress is fresh and beautiful, worn for a special occasion, then it ends up in the back of the closet where it fades and is eventually cast aside. nancy youdelman dresses
the dainty show----robin masi's wedding dresses---The exhibition, curated by Alessandro Guerriero, presents self-portrait dresses designed by key figures from design, architecture and art.----
detail of a mosaic floor of an old aviary, inside a huge beautiful private garden that alex and i have found wandering around Parco delle Groane, around Milan suburbs.
mosaics ...Michael Conrad, who started Hand-Mosaics 5 years ago, lives and works in France and is a regular visitor to his mentor and tutor, Luciana Notturni in Ravenna, Italy. Michael formed Hand-Mosaics to maintain the tradition of creating hand crafted mosaics – “the free flowing arrangement of small imprecise hand cut pieces of stone and glass, creating a unique and harmonious arrangement of form and space”.
The purpose of the Mosaic The City Community Unity Society is to help create a world where people of all ages, from all walks of life, feel connected-in the spirit of "Community Unity"- to their neighbourhood, organization, municipality, region and the planet.---wow, soemthing I made you can find here-----
Pique-assiette: Just what is pique assiette mosaic? The short answer is that pique assiette is a style of mosaic that incorporates pieces of broken ceramics - plates, dishes, cups, tiles - and other found objects into the design. The longer answer, to think about the appeal and expressiveness of pique assiette, must take in ideas of lateral thinking, humour, the art of recycling, and the significance of found objects---previous art for housewives mosaic links----In a fit of pique / Now when you feel like breaking something, go ahead, be creative-----My pieces are made mostly from very old china shards collected from area antique shops, junk stores, our local Salvation Army Store, E-bay, tag sales, estate auctions, and from the basements and attics of friends and clients-----A Pagosan's Passion for Pique----
First GardenMirror; Broken china, molded glass tiles
My sculptures in the series "Twisters" are made of recycled umbrella parts configured to create spiral forms. Spirals in nature range in scale from swirling celestial galaxies to a DNA double helix. But my spirals are pet-sized quirky constructions. "Twister #9" is made by twisting umbrella fabric around armatures made of umbrella frames and is hung from the ceiling.
After a rainy day, everyone lets their umbrellas dry in the halllway. ----umbrella isotype----These are special umbrellas, made of thread for Ganesh..----another umbrella dress---- -----Umbrella Redesign Dress---The outdoor umbrella stands on a recycled concrete pipe and the umbrella itself is adorned with pieces of metal from lpg tanks ----Simon Cavenough's inflatable cloud made from recycled umbrella's drifted across central Sydney in November 2005. --Red and Black Recycled Umbrella Purse------Umbrella Skirt Convert an umbrella into a waterproof-skirt ---under the umbrellas---
What is an Altered Book? Consider it a recyling project for saving books from the landfill! In this class we will take a book and begin the altering process, breathing new and personal life into the pages.
BOOK MOOCH exchanging old books----haandbags made frombooks----ex-libris anonymous----- PINBALL PUBLISHING-----Specimen books are handmade with antique and vintage collected objects and natural beeswax.----This Into That offers functional art furniture, primarily book shelves on any theme. Each is made by Jim Rosenau at his studio in Berkeley, California.---Selections from Sketchbooks, Portfolios and Studio Archives ---
-(Reciclar, comprar, vender, donar, alquilar y reparar artículos usados)----El Museo del Reciclado muestra cómo son los procesos de transformación en la cadena. Desde el producto que ingresa a la casa, su uso y post uso. Ilustra cómo se hace la clasificación de materiales según sea su naturaleza. Muestra qué puede hacerse con los nuevos materiales logrados y cómo utilizarlos. Capacita a la población en la fabricación de los materiales y Ecoproductos.-----Contaminación ambiental por mal manejo de residuos tóxicos urbanos ------more---- THE VISIBLE TRASH SOCIETY-----
Welcome!Upcycle Art is a place you will find fun projects that you can make from those things you've been tossing into garvages bins or recycle bins. Follow the step by step instractions and enjoy making cool items by yourself.
Throwplace ....give away what you don't use-----Using Pop Bottle Pots as seed starters----Toys from Trash----SCRAP is a creative reuse center, store and workshop space founded in 1976 in San Francisco, California. Donations of re-usable materials such as textiles, paper, jewelry findings, wood, buttons and plastics are collected from businesses, institutions and individuals and distributed to art and educational groups. ---
the Walker Rock Garden on my last trip to Seattle. This site was built by Boeing mechanic Milton Walker and his wife Florence over 20 years. It is located in what was their back yard in a fairly humdrum neighborhood ----PORTLAND ART NEWS----22nd ANNUAL WREATH INTERPRETATIONS EXHIBITION THE ARSENAL GALLERY---
Wearing Propaganda is an exhibtion of World War II textiles from Japan, the UK and the USA-----FASHION BLOG-----Clizia Ornato. Augurale viola, Giappone. BRACELET----Purple Flower Recycled Pin-----A range of innovative pieces made from paper, often from recycled magazines and wrapping paper. The jewellery is light to wear yet durable. Each bead is hand rolled, glued and triple varnished.
Egglings...The best gifts come in small packages! These ceramic EGGLINGS look and feel just like real eggs. Just crack one open, add water, and you’ve created a springtime oasis for your desk or window (even if it's winter outside).
PLUGGING IN THE PLANTS: little is known of the physiological influence on plant growth of the electric field environment which prevails at all times everywhere......Effects of electricity on plants -----Protein Power: Solar cell produces electricity from spinach and bacterial proteins---What effect on plant metabolism and growth does electricity have?---Some effects of high electrical fields on barley growth---- Electromagnetic fields & public health: Effects of EMF on the Environment----
No Design in Essen, Germany have put old tyres to good use by making them into bowls and magazine holders.-----RECYCLED RUBBER SURFACES ----Pink Mohair A Sojourn into Living Creatively...Redesigning my house, lusting after the lustworthy and crafting anything improved by sequins
Absolutely Beautiful ThingsA collection of things which inspire me to create beautiful interiors----BELLE VIVIR Design spot with chic finds and design ideas for a beautiful living.---Eclectic Detective Notes from an internet addict whose favorite category is "Miscellaneous."----Dress Your Nest -------all the best ----so sylvie----
This colorful metal belt buckle is made from a can of Korean orange soda. It's a perfect blend of asian street fashion and recycling.
qualia Everything - matter, energy, you name it - comes from curvatures, patterns and other properties originating at the Planck scale. If consciousness does have some fundamental, irreducible precursor it must originate as some sort of pattern at the same basic level of the universe. Philosophers call the raw components of conscious experience qualia. We're suggesting that qualia are specific patterns or properties at the Planck scale. Why not? If there's something fundamental and irreducible about consciousness or its precursors, as Spinoza and Whitehead said, then it has to exist somewhere. The Planck scale is all there is.
Camille Young pins, paintings, and posters....clay jewellry
Ariadne's Thread and the Labyrinth in Classical Mythology----Ariadne's thread, named for the legend of Ariadne, is the term used to describe the solving of a problem with multiple apparent means of proceeding - such as a physical maze, a logic puzzle, or an ethical dilemma - through an exhaustive application of logic to all available routes. It is the particular method used that is able to follow completely through to trace steps or take point by point a series of found truths in a contingent, ordered search that reaches a desired end position. This process can take the form of a mental record, a physical marking, or even a philosophical debate; it is the process itself that assumes the name.-----Ariadne, in the Greek version the daughter of Minos, fell in love with Theseus and helped him get out of the labyrinth by giving him a ball of thread, allowing him to retrace his path------Ariadne's Thread in the Hand of Karlheinz Essl--------The Triumph of Adriadne--------Arianna, figlia di Monosse e quindi sorella, per via di madre, del Minotauro; s'innamorò dell'eroe ateniese Teseo che uccise il mostro per liberare la città di Atene da un sanguinoso tributo umano impostole da Minosse. Fu grazie all'innamorata fanciulla che l'eroe poté uscire dal labirinto nel quale aveva ucciso l'uomo-bestia che vi era imprigionato, dipanando verso l'uscita un gomitolo di filo (il filo d'Arianna).
My first encounter with these mazes was around 1982, when the labyrinthologist Jean-Louis Bourgeois showed me the maze game. He told me this game is widespread in the folk cultures of Asia; it is extremely old, since this very same design occurs on Cretan coins of the 4th-5th century BC, where it symbolizes the Labyrinth in which the Minotaur was kept. (In fact, there are much earlier examples) The legend has it that Theseus found his way out of the Labyrinth by following a thread he had unwound from a spool given to him by his sweetheart Ariadne, and so a line drawn so as to trace the path through a maze like this is often called ``Ariadne's thread.''
spools of thread computer mosaic by ken knowlton....Knowlton's portrait consists of 945 inch-long multicolored spools of thread alternately oriented vertically and horizontally. They give the impression, from intermediate distances, of woven fabric. This artwork, therefore, has three levels of interpretation: a portrait, a woven fabric, and spools of thread.
---sewn shapes -----Rock, Paper, Scissors ...scroll down for the work of midori tajiri and her sewn lung bag dresses)--------Intricately stitched works of memory and meaning, Donna Rhae Marder's works are a breathtaking exploration of sensitivity and hand work.
Trashformations East features work by 112 artists who take New England thrift to a new extreme. These craft artists find creative uses for other people's trash, making lingerie out of soda cans, jewelry from expired coupons, a necklace of gun triggers, and furniture out of everything from skis to lawn mowers. (right: Donna Rhae Marder, English/Irish Teapot, tea bag wrappers)
New Forms inFiber -----Donna Rhae Marder’s Snapshot Dress (for Catherine) (2004), made from discarded photographs and Japanese and commercial papers sewn together-------More of Donna Rhae Marder's work------Talking trash ----Trashformations - art from the junk heap----
The tale of the thread. Embroidery and sewing in contemporary art, MART, Muso di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Trento, Rovereto-----Contemporary Textile Art ----pin drawing,dress, 6 x 4 inches, pencil, sewing pins and red thread -----Margarett Sargent, Annie Sewingc. 1932 Oil on canvas 36 x 25 inches---Sewn Mittens: Cut and Sewn from Shrunken Sweaters-----painting with sewing machine----
My Sister Had A Wedding" 14.5x14x14 2007. Sculptural Sewn Glass corset. Fused, draped, sandblasted text. Sewn with waxed linen thread.
stitcheries & primitive dolls------ tamar morgendorff stitched stuffings.....----fabric and thread links-----"Sewn Path Yantra", hand embroidery 13" diameter, framed 21" x 21", cotton on cotton,-----detail of sewn photo----split yarn blog---
post script stitching related links: The “Take a Stitch Tuesdays” challenge started on January 2nd 2007. This challenge is a weekly event organised to encourage people to take a stitch and explore its possibilities. ------ A Garden of Stiches , A blog about the creative process that goes into stitching. blog----itsy bitsy shabby mini quilt----even more and more threads----Little StitcherA busy quilter! I live in Wrexham North Wales and seem to spend all of my free time quilting! ---a movable feast blog----The Stitching Post Blog ------the adventures of angel cat------ALTERED FABRICATIONS blog----Week five of the encrusted CQ course. These are my four blocks before the last stages of beading.----and sew on-----
Recycled Button Mirror a painter's kitchen blog------art in the garage some thoughts about art and life and all that good stuff blog----- household paintings------ART DOLLS, a journey in fiber blog---- art=life blogAttempts at making my life artistic and my art lively----Mae B. Continuing the ongoing fight against procrastination blog---the worsted witch blog----
"If clothes had to list their real ingredients on the label, bad
labor standards and toxic chemicals would need their own symbols," says
Anti-Apathy, a socio-environmental campaign group and the organizers of last
week's fringe London Fashion Week event, Re: Fashion----
vintage feedsack----Feedsack Quilt Curtains, tetiles, vintage linens----The FeedSack Dress, A Feed Bag (or Feed Sack) was a cotton bag used to transport raw materials, mainly flour, sugar, meal, grain, salt and feed during the latter part of the 1800s. Originally poorly regarded, it was not until the Great Depression that these bags grew in popularity as frugal housewives discovered their versatility and reusability, and manufacturers started adding prints to the bland whites and browns of yesteryear---Feedsack Dress ----Fabulous Feedsack Quilts (Paperback)
pin-cushion in a cup-----What do you do with yourold curtains? Throw them away? Well University of Northampton fashion graduate Emmeline Child turns them into cutting edge fashion!-------
The Curtain Bank is a joint community initiative between Genesis Energy and the Huntly Energy Efficiency Trust that will take in donations of curtains and then re-size and re-line them for distribution to households in need in the Huntly area.The Curtain Bank is looking for good quality curtains or curtain fabric that is being replaced and otherwise thrown away.---Second hand curtains for sale-----Beyond Recycling: Waste Prevention in Manufacturing and Distribution---
curtains made using plastic bottle tops for K.E.A.G., the junk revolution... imhoff farm
KEAG is dedicated to the preservation of our natural environment and to the upliftment of our living environment.----Amazing KEAG Recycled Curtain/ Wallhanging! South Africa....see crafts from waste---
---TreeHugger Picks: Improving Indoor Air Quality----GREEN: Really Green Buildings ---edouard françois
---Chateau-le-Lez Housing, Montpellier Architect: Edouard Francois---ELT EASY GREEN LIVING WALLS----Here at The Sietch we are always thinking up new ways to create positive change. One of the best ways we have found to show people the power of things like renewable energy and green living is to create projects people can do at home. Here you will find do it yourself (DIY) projects that you can try at home with stuff laying around the house.----TAKE BACK YOUR TIME is a major U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment.
The Not So Big House books by Sarah Susanka, bring to light a new way of thinking about what makes a place feel like home—characteristics that many people desire of their homes and their lives, but haven't known how to verbalize.
Perhaps you have heard of the free store phenomenon sprouting up in cities across the country. ------scrappy girl decorates blog-----ROULOTTES FROM FRANCE!
boy scouts badges....A major change in the appearance of Merit Badges is introduced, with the badges now created with a "rolled" edge. Previously, the badges had a "crimped" edge around them. Some badges have a twill background, while others are fully embroidered.
embroideried merit badges, Embroidery and Beadwork by Mary Yaeger.....My female merit badges illustrate female "rites of passage" as well as the myriad physical manipulations women undergo to achieve cultural ideals of beauty, such as weight watching, whether or not to shave or wear makeup, etc. I've created tiny replicas of female products, such as a birth control pill pack and a pregnancy test. The miniature scale and meticulous, hand-embroidered surfaces convey my impressions of growing up female in our culture.
THE LUMPER ™ The Lumper is a pile of art links, some are new discoveries and some are old favorites. The idea is to have a place that all kinds of art is promoted and enjoyed. Updated Daily-----Judith Hoffman's Metalwork and Artist's Books ----Crafty Women and the Hierarchy of the Arts article----
Conversation Piece # 13 "Expulsion from the Garden" after Masaccio 40" x 32" collage, 1998, by Barbara Ravizza
more Barbara Ravizza----Barbara Ravizza: More Conversations-----
a knitted radio....Imagine a room with 50s decor where everything's made from wool. Knitted cakes, teapots, cups and biscuits - even a knife and loaf of crusty white bread - while over in the corner sits a knitted valve mantel radio.
Nancy Radulovich knitted and chatted with reporters as she waited to be called as a witness in her husband's hearing at selfridge field.
self made fabric --fabric compostition--her able hands blog sowing, reaping, cooking, writing--Pandora’s Button Box blog------dust pan alley blog-----sugarkittycorsets' photos ------What can you do about global warming? What can you do to save the planet? Listen to The Lazy Environmentalist with Josh Dorfman to discover easy, innovative and stylish ways to align your lifestyle with a cleaner planet.------ Earth art (also called "land art") refers to a movement of artists with wide ranging goals, but all created in nature, employing such materials as stones, dirt, and leaves
Liz Padgham's Textile Art----Carol McNicoll and the National Electronic and Video Archive of the Crafts---Kunst und Kaufrausch Der Ansturm auf den MoMA-Shop in Berlin----"Fruit Fan Penny Rug"-----Dragonfly Cottage is based in the aesthetic of Wabi Sabi, the imperfect-perfect, coming out of the center of the Japanese Tea Ceremony. ----A coalition of scientists and religious leaders, often at odds, have shelved their differences in pursuit of a common goal to protect the world from global warming, pollution, species extinction and other “reckless human activities.”
Ten Thousand stitches: Lynn Hershberger knitted her self-portrait, one of 200 pieces created by customers that are exhibited in August at Threadbear Fiber Art Studio
Creative Capital, a New York City-based nonprofit organization, acts as a catalyst for the development of adventurous and imaginative ideas by supporting artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields. We are committed to working in partnership with the artists whom we fund, providing advisory services and professional development assistance along with multi-faceted financial aid and promotional support throughout the life of each Creative Capital project.
Have you ever thought of making your own shoes? I did. I tore some shoes apart with a hammer, pliers, and screwdriver. After inspecting the parts, I realized I could duplicate them and make a pair of shoes. i experimented with different ideas until I finally came up with a good method.
recycling-for-London-fashion-victims----car tyres recycled as shoe heels. Yulin city, Shaanxi, N.China. -----or my newest group: flowers in containers.... this is my husband's boot... it is the first pair of boots he wrecked here in Spain since we moved here.----more----even more---recycledroadrunner -----kimono_shoe----We were directed to make a pair of shoes out of things that we found around campus. I made flip flops out of cardboard, fabric, lots of blue masking tape, and realy cool blue shoelaces. ----more-----Forced to flee Katrina without shoes, Jeremiah Ward had to improvise before he was rescued in the 9th Ward of New Orleans. His makeshift cardboard sandals read "Keep Moving." ---Cardboard Shoes -----
Reduce, reuse, recycle with this clever and useful gift set. The Women’s Multipurpose Cooperative in Baguio City, Phillipines turns old newspapers into new and beautiful products like this coaster set, frame and trivet by wrapping the paper into coils and forming them into spiraled square building blocks. The building blocks are then joined together with thread or glue and starched to make them hard and shiny.
plankton Eli Braga glass paint, plastic bottles, chicken wire, nylon cords ...Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi is Australia's largest annual outdoor free to the public exhibition of contemporary sculpture.--more----
These recycled plastic bracelets are crafted in Burkina Faso from old plastic mats that are used for rugs and prayer mats throughout Western Africa. They are routinely discarded on the edges of villages. A group of 4-10 women, lead by Rose Bere, collect them to make these colorful adornments----Recycled bottle square bracelet----Sneaker Bracelet---Recycled Jewelry Contest Winners---
more recycled tin: Handcrafted from salvaged, recycled corrugated tin, handpainted with wire wrap and bows.----recycled tin brooches----Recycled Tin Can Briefcase----recycled tin earrings----old tin roofing and THE ART OF BUDDY SNIPES----Recycled tin can lights for home & garden ----wall pieces-----New Mexico Artist, Jeri Moe creates truly unique sculptures from recycled tin. ----Recycled tin, wood, copper and colored wires, beads, found bottle caps, waxed linen threads------Contemporary studio jewelry features hand-made pieces incorporating traditional materials in combination with recycled tin and found objects---creatures out of tin, wire, beads
----Crafts Made from Recycled Containers ----Bottle light / wind chime $40 Recycled wine bottle with torch-cut removable tin can insert. Will not blowout in the wind.----Retro recycled collagedtin can container-----custom trophies made from recycled aluminum and tin for the winning schools.-----
Tin cans, underground sounds and shopping centres: The work of Mike Badger---Pin Pendants made with vintage tin cans -----
Carmen Abelleira-White----Travel and Stillness----CARMEN ABELLEIRA-WHITE Orvis at Night Assemblage---more----Cuban American artist Carmen Abelleira-White uses her T house, with its custom tin roof and multicolored frame as a place to nap and sketch. ---more---even more----
Szechuon hot bean sauce cans are reclaimed and made into this attractive container. Hand made wood tops with decorative tassel make this a very elegant piece. Inside bottom of tin cans have felted, multi-color pads.----
RATTLE - DRUM Hand made from recycled tin cans, wood and animal skin.---
The Eco-Beat Continues in Buenos Aires--2007 According to Paula Alvarado: The Greening of Buenos Aires------churba a buenos aires-----Tramando's Fabric Scraps Designs......Martin Churba is a well known and very popular Argentinean designer, so we were very pleased to find that in his latest project, Tramando (a hard to translate word that means both knitting and “planning-something”) he has a whole line of home products made from knitted fabrics scraps. “Tramando recreates the world of objects, intertwining and weaving recycled remnants of the textile industry -Churba says in his website-. ----more---
Tramando's Textiles -----AFRO<>telaio----polka products-----Knitta Please is the name of the Houston-based knitting crew that is brightening up everything from lampposts to subway handrails with their colorful cozies via design klub----
ARTISTAS DE BUENOS AIRES, THE FIRST ARGENTINE ARTBLOG. El primer blog argentino de arte. Refleja la movida social y cultural que genera la comunidad de artistas de Buenos Aires.
Taking the iconic shape of a classic lampshade, re-assembling it and turning it partly upside-down, the Doosey is a new, playful generation of lampshade, familiar and yet pleasantly surprising. The wild mix of patterns creates a life of its own - evolving, changing, adapting to or contrasting with its surroundings.
lidewij edelkoort-----"La leggerezza farà parte del nostro futuro insieme alla pesantezza". Esordisce così Li Edelkoort----The Edelkoort Group was founded by Li Edelkoort; one of the world's most renowned trend forecasters------
I create different kinds of dolls. My background is in fashion design, and my knowledge of sewing and patternmaking lead me to concentrate mostly in the cloth dolls. -----
reciclados laracratfs -----transpaper - spot checks of our semiotical environment, valeria hasse-----Valeria Hasse collected various objects with the goal of recycling and reworking them into new pieces of jewelry. One of her more interesting discoveries was a collection of old, rusted metal suitcase frames that she found at a Stuttgart flea market. After she returned to Buenos Aires, the design team “tota” (founded in 2002 by Valerie Hasse and Marcela Muñiz as an experimental recycling design project), began to combine these suitcase frames with various materials from the Buenos Aires area and transform them into new jewelry objects. ---
--Livio De Marchi was born in Venezia where, still a child, he worked on ornamental sculpture in the Venetian tradition in the workshop of a crafting and in the meantime he studied art and drawing at the “Accademia di Belle Arti” in Venice...wood carved into forms of everyday objects----
fotos of trash----A Guy Who Paints Gum----Blue Chair Press is the book art studio of Elaine Benjamin and features hand-made artist's books, digital and linoleum block prints (some also featured as wearable art), and mixed media works including Dada Dolls. ---recycled toys----Un foco de luz realizado con objetos reciclados ----ANA QUIROZ recycled art-----accesit concurso de comic ecológico. zaragoza ------ Fotografías de Salamanca estampadas sobre hojas naturales...artwork on natural leaves
artthropodis, Let me say a few words about these creatures you're about to discover. They've all been made from waste products, scraps and rubbish we've just thrown away. ----
El ECOPARQUE CHINAUTA es un centro piloto de conservación, investigación y educación ambiental dirigido principalmente a la comunidad educativa, además de ser un sitio de sano esparcimiento para la ciudadanía en general-----Remade in Italy...... IN ITALY 2007 Dopo il grande successo raggiunto con le edizioni 2005 e 2006 il progetto REMADE IN ITALY continua con grandi novità. Obiettivo Salone del Mobile 2007 (18-23 aprile).------more----
Why not make a medicine bundle? A MEDICINE BUNDLE is a carrying case made of animal hide which held things that had a special meaning to the owner; made after a vision quest.....think of those lovely bundles made by Judith Scott.
When I look at the art of Judith Scott, I see powerful messages from a being refusing to be held captive by a barely functional mind and body. She is a fifty-five year old mentally handicapped woman with Down's Syndrome, who cannot hear or speak. For the past ten years, she has been creating abstract fiber structures, often larger than she is, each involving months of dedicated work. The detail on these pieces shows extraordinary patience and care.-----judith scott----judith scott----Judith Scott (détail)-----con la participación de Judith Scott.------From depression to Down's Syndrome, "Treasures of the Soul" explores thecreative impulses and works of the mentally troubled -----
Medicine Bundleview 1 2001
Beeswax, lace, muslin, canvas, nylons, other fabrics, twine, feathers , beads, wire, relics
40 x 14 x 12 inches suspended
All Indian men had a "medicine bag", much as a white woman has a purse. Like the purse, the medicine bag -- which might be three or four feet long -- contained objects and substances which had a meaning for the owner. Mementos of events which occurred during his vision quest as a young lad would certainly be there. As years went by "souvenirs" were added. ----
(Medicine Bundle From an Unidentified Branch of the Kiowah Tribe; ca. 1918, M.L. Aday, photographer; courtesy of the Frontier Museum, Ft. Davis, Texas)
healing dolls.... KOBE DOLLS ----HEALING DOLL STORIES---The Reiki Healing Doll----Dolls and sculpted figures have been used for spiritual rituals, rites of passage, healing and celebration in many cultures around the world, for thousands of years.---art dolls------Welcome to the Sky Gallery of Cloth Dolls ----These three dolls are featured in my new book, Spirit Dolls, along with eleven others. The dolls shown here are examples of the three pattern variations contained in the book, which include basic, angel, and goddess body shapes.----Sacred Dolls & Bears, Doll & Bear making for joy, comfort, healing, & reclaiming (among other things) by Noreen Crone-Findlay ---I finished my spirit art doll today. With us heading towards winter and the days getting shorter and shorter I tend to get really depressed.----
Although most think of voodoo dolls as a tool for use in harmful magic, there are many beneficial outcomes for use of the voodoo doll, healing, prosperity, even love.
These dolls are created to address a specific area that a person desires to heal, physical, emotional, mental or spiritual. The intention of the healing is placed in the doll in her inner body using stones, charms, hair from the person being healed, and other objects that represent the intention. The doll itself is a manifestation of the healing intention through color, fabric, beads, etc. The dolls are inspired by the Divine Feminine and Mother Mary. They are powerful tools for healing physical illness for they carry the affirmation that one is already healed and whole.
This Spirit Doll represents the Sabbath Bride, which is proclaimed by the words Shabbat Shalom in blue on a field of crystal beads accented with gold.
other: The Amazing Adventures of Us, A diary of our adventures unschooling, making art, moving to Oregon, and loving each other.----Sandra Backlund----Titled “Don’t Walk” and made entirely of red knits, it is the fifth collection by the Swedish designer, who started out by studying fine arts in college, then textiles and art history and only later decided to pursue fashion and enrolled at the Beckman’s School of Design in Stockholm.-----more sandra backlund---Send Us Your Fiber Postcard Valentines ---haute*nature Ecologically based creative ideas, art & green products for your children, home and lifestyle........blending style with sustainability.
The Love to Shop Shopping Bag Shopper...made by ironing plastic bags together!
more plastic bags: How to make shopping bags into durable plastic sheets and other articles ....This page tipped me off to the fact that you can iron multiple sheets of shopping bag plastic together to make a thicker, more durable sheet. I decided to try it immediately to see what was possible.---introWelding plastic bags-----MAKE: Blog: DIY Plastic bag wallet----The Plastic Bag Page---- March 2004 - The raddiwallahs – collectors of household waste – cycle down dusty lanes chanting soporific sing-songs encouraging people to sell them their recyclable waste. While they make a living collecting our waste, they also, perhaps unintentionally, make the most crucial contribution to the cycle of waste collection and recycling in the country. Where does our raddiwallah offload his burden? What happens to our oiled newspapers, old books, and crumpled mineral water bottles? Where does the reincarnation of waste take place? ----Turning plastic bags into steel--Sealing Plastic Bags with Foil and an Iron----
Karin Carter.....Karin Carter’s clothes are trashy. We mean that as a compliment. Her “sustainable fashion,” in the form of a leathery, waterproof fabric made from recycled plastic grocery bags, is poised to bring environmentalism to the runway. Carter, who invented the fabric, has already made a line of colorful purses and rain gear and hopes to extend the idea to lampshades, shower curtains and umbrellas. She’s also transformed packing peanuts into insulation for a parka that doubles as a sleeping bag. Eco-conscious campers, take note.
With the intent to create fashion out of refuse, the biggest challenge was to disguise the raw material. Collected bags were cut, looped, woven, crocheted, sewn, heat-formed and/or fused together to explore durability, texture, appearance and the protective quality of the material. ----more------even more----Karin Carter (MS '02 ENG: Product Design) is a materials designer on the Advanced Innovation Team in Nike’s apparel division near Portland, Ore. ----This past May, Material ConneXion presented its second-annual design conference, entitled TERRA MATTER: Inspire Innovate Sustain----Buildings made of spiders’ webs, sandals that clean the earth, crockery constructed from corn, furniture that is grown rather than manufactured, and garbage bag mini-skirts-----
An amazing project in Delhi, endeavouring to provide income for the urban poor, has developed a unique and energy-efficient method for recycling discarded polythene plastic bags. Plastic litter is becoming a major problem in India with all kinds of consequences ? many cows die from ingesting polythene. Through this fantastic project, artisans are trained (from collection to production) to create coloured sheets of handmade recycled plastic that are pieces of art in themselves. However, with the aid of talented designers, the sheets are turned into beautiful, useful products. Even colours within the materials are created by the clever amalgamation of the original coloured plastic.
jewelry made from plastic bags...The bags and other materials are collaged together using heat to bond them together. I create each piece by building up layers and so gradually developing a more intricate design. I may include other elements such as newspaper, different wires, (I often use silver and copper wire in my jewellery pieces), fabrics, cotton and personal finds for my own pieces.
Bubblicious ....The colours bubbling through silver come from plastic bags.......
freestanding cylinder lamps....These unique hand made lamps used to be plastic bags. The abstract design is striking in many colour variations...recycle2shop blog-----No Plastic Bags ------While environmentalists and retailers are debating the use and reuse of plastic shopping bags Fashion and Textile Design students at the University of Technology, Sydney are turning them into wedding dresses---Crochet Necklace from Recycled Plastic Bags---
Creator Jo Voight says you would be suprised at how comfy a plastic bag chair
Paula do Prado Textile Artist who uses plastic bags-----more--Evening Bag, Materials: recycled, crushed glass, old wood, discarded upholstery piping, textile and leather scraps, plastic tubing, rivets, unibond glass adhesive---Ed Rossbach experimented with nontraditional textile materials in artworks and often used foil, plastic bags, Mylar, twigs, staples and twine in his pieces.[-----bottle seat------9 bottles cut in an specific angle to create a bowl-----3 bottle necks cut and glued to the tiles, it works as a cloth holder-----Eco-friendly reusable bags, plus facts & news on plastic bag war----
The plastic is stitched into brightly coloured handbags
Recycled Plastic Bag Art, I developed new works in 2003 using recycled plastic bags as the primary medium, “Blue River” was one of these works using this medium. This work was a finalist in the 2003 Wynne prize at the Art Gallery of NSW. These works signalled a slight departure from my more recognizable assemblage works, in which I used plastics and other detritus collected from the Eastern seaboard,---more----Plastic Bag Chandelier---- A crummy old plastic bag floating in the wind above a dirty sidewalk.----International Festival Plastic Bag Video 4----Changing plastic bags into objects d'art----Recycled Plastic Bag Animals----Indian Children Recycle Plastic Bags Into Art -----Golden Bay Bag Ladies----plastic bag art---
Mimi Smith. Recycle Coat. 1965. Plastic bags, bottle caps and hanger----Beverly Folkard, Plastic Bag---Dianna Cohen, “African Image”, 2005, plastic bags, handles, and thread---quirky works and sally willobeee's plastic bag art.....I am a lifelong trash picker and a self-taught furniture/cabinet maker. For the past thirty years, I have been designing and building furniture and cabinets as well as producing handmade books, lamps and illuminated sculptures out of discarded materials. ----- previous housewives' plastic bag links------Megan MunroJelly Belly (detail)2002crocheted recycled plastic bags----
Virginia Fleck, mandala, 2004 Painting plastic bags, tape 104" x 104"
Welcome to Gimme Your Stuff, the cultural exchange blog where you can swap items of significance to your area with items from others around the world. A conduit for many an international cuisine to change hands. A place where you can trade a newspaper from South Africa, or a CD from Finland. A place where we take no responsibility for anything anyone else does. A place where we are Changing the world with other people’s stuff. New? Check out our How-To.
The Eco-Design Fair was founded by textile artist Louise Kamara, to promote and sell sustainable design products directly to the public - offering the opportunity to buy directly from designer-makers---sustained magazine----- REMADE ESSEX----
This modern, retro looking apron is a flashback from the 50's, with all the flare of the 21st century!
An auction of fine art + craft to benefit the family of James Kim organized by sisters Lisa Congdon and Stephanie Barnes and their mother Gerrie Congdon. 100% of the auction proceeds will go to the The James Kim Memorial Fund. -----Wexford Girl blog, A pen tilted back in my hand-----make it, a blog for craft entrepreneurs---the sampler---
Laura Spector creates whimsical furniture from tree trimming
ann wood, I live in Brooklyn New York near beautiful Prospect Park. I make things, paint, and draw for my life and livelihood. Some of my favorite things ( in no particular order) are : ships and shipwrecks, paper mache, birds, books about exploration, dioramas, swamps, the out of doors in general, magazines, libraries, felt, flea markets, horses, dogs, cats, things that are victorian and things that are small.-----
ecological footprints-----joyouslybecoming, ì* sometimes in a gush, sometimes a mere trickle; journeying with the creative flow of my heart *--sabine brandt blog----crafty mcGee---- we-make-money-not-ar t's photos ----- The Festival of Winter Walks is the Ramblers’ Association’s annual festival of walks open to everyone, with many hundreds of walks happening across England, Scotland and Wales.----snowflake---many plastic bag purses------lisa's chandelier-----miss-frugality's photos -----at my place and my studio ---the joy of shards---
Lampwork glass beads for jewelry designers, bead shops and collectors. I create all my own lampwork in my studio with Gaffer, Reichenbach, Uroboros, Moretti, Bullseye, Lauscha, Vetrofond, Schott and Czech glasses. All my lampwork beads are kiln annealed to last for generations
The Flog., art blog------Welcome, my name is Cynthia and I am an artist living in Denver, CO. I have a degree in fine art with a concentration in painting and ceramics.-----wolf weave blog-----cake + pie design weblog-----the sampler via make-it-------Ample Sanity blog-----amy alice thompson art-----
chinese related blogs: lisa lai-----B China B I live and teach in Changsha, China.----youMeTI----A Cross-Cultural Family The adventures of an American / Chinese, Chinese-speaking family.----China In a Nutshell News, Ancient China Stories, History, Culture, Festivals, Legends... All are here at China In a Nutshell!!---- Eric's Beijing Diary----Chinese Chic : A Personal Blog--
SCRAP, my favorite sweater was one my grandma made out of a towel and embroidered a D. on it---Ruby is an online art magazine created with the purpose of putting together different artists in a monthly mag in order to promote their work and share them with the rest of the world. this online mag is run by irana douer, an artist located in buenos aires, argentina. you can check her personal work at www.keepinmind.com.ar-----
fabric charms, I was checking out my favorite Fabric group's post and I noticed that they were hosting a charm swap... now right away my mind went crazy with the ideas of what you could do with cloth and turn them into charms.
but they were not doing a fabric art bracelet but a mixed media charms like the oh so lovely just simply charming one
These felt flower collar charm attach to leashes or collar to dress them up for special occassions---"Girl with the Pearl Earring Inspired Fabric Quilted Postcard"-----
Charm vest early 20th century brocade, printed fabric, embroidery 51.0 x 49.0 cm
ecotopia, In a time of rampant natural disasters and urgent concerns about global environmental change, this exhibition demonstrates the ways in which the most interesting and engaging contemporary artists view the natural world. ---electrolux design lab-----POSITIVE ALARM ENTRIES, Do you have a project, statement or product that turns something negative into a positive message or solution? Feel welcome to submit this projectfor inclusion in this online archive and share your Positive Alarm ---PREFAB FRIDAYS: The Clever MINI Home-----Moore Tree Care presents Ultimate Tree Houses, an exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum featuring 13 "extreme" tree houses on display.-----
felieke van der leest jewellry-----decor 8----on my desk blog-----WALL BOXES -----urban debris' list of project instructions----KnitKnit is an artist's publication dedicated to the intersection of traditional craft and contemporary art. KnitKnit is published twice per year and includes interviews, profiles, articles, reviews and drawings. ---robinbartoletti's photos -----heegeldab's felted flowers---instructables-----
Begun in February 1992, Knitwork is a life-long piece made by my unravelling used garments and reknitting the yarn into a single continuously growing object. As it records the ongoing passage of time and effort, the work becomes a monument to the very artifacts that comprise it.
Bobbin winding is easier. Wind the thread four or five times around the bobbin, pass it through the guide slot, and press the start button. Simple.
Threading the Bobbin Case-----Bobbin Basics---Threading the Bobbin----Everyone says I should never adjust the bobbin tension on my machine, but I'd like to try heavier threads and different techniques that require some adjustment. Can you help me? ----
The NeedleBar is an international group of enthusiastic vintage and antique sewing machine collectors, who also have an interest in researching the history of these fascinating items and their makers.----Treadle On is dedicated to promoting the use of antique and vintage human powered sewing machines----Here are some common problems and things the operator can check before sending a machine to the technician. ----What is a Bobbin? ----LOADING THE BOBBIN----SewVac Doctor!----
Tatting is an ancient needlecraft dating back for centuries. Practiced in the Far East and Europe. It is made with one or more shuttles or a shuttle and a ball. The shuttle with a sharp blade-like "pick" at one end is the most practical type. This pick is used to draw the thread thorough a picot when joinings are made. If you use a shuttle without a pick, it will be necessary to use a pin or crochet hook each time to pull the thread through in joining, which will slow up your work. The ends of the shuttle should be tight enough that the thread will not unwind if the shuttle is dropped.
memory buttons-----About Vintage Stripe Blanket, If your creating a crocheted blanket from the Vertical Vintage Stripe Blanket pattern that I posted then show everyone your progress here. We'd love to see finished examples from wherever you find them too, crochet or knit, we can always use some inspiration!-----backtracking slowly forward blog-----artjunkgrl's photos----
My Beach Litter, The amount of plastic which is washed up on our beaches really horrifies & scares me - if there's this much on the beach , how much is floating in the sea causing damage?----
Rebecca-the-Wrecker, I am a contemporary jeweller working at the Museum of Brisbane Workspace. I sometimes have to wreck things in the line of duty. Like windows and bottles. Other times, nature does the wrecking for me. -------
Clothing is a powerful metaphor for the cycle 
dress made with postage stamps, 
Tilleke Schwarz, and her button underpants
charlotte kruk's junior mint dress and more
Enrica Borghi, "Ciabattine" /houseshoes ricavate da bottiglie PET 
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My Sister Had A Wedding" 14.5x14x14 2007. Sculptural Sewn Glass corset. Fused, draped, sandblasted text. Sewn with waxed linen thread. 
curtains made using plastic bottle tops for K.E.A.G., the junk revolution... 
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