Work In Progress: PAPER TRAIL 8-8---Recycled Newspaper Coasters-----Welcome to Junk to Jewels, a unique line of ecological jewelry. My concept is to reuse and recycle, turning "junk" into fun and beautiful jewelry, and make both a political and fashion statement---Making Paper Beads----Paper Beads Fruity Stripes - Large---
Lothar Windels created this second version of his award- winning Joseph Felt Chair in 2003. The voluptuous folds of heavy red and gray felt act as both the primary structure and upholstery of this chair, which dispenses with the inner frame and cover common to most upholstered furniture.
Homemade Oil can guitar---patchwork-----Bus Brake Planters -----recycled paper----- Fragments , I completed these fabric art quilts today they are for a gallery show at artfest we were invited to submit/sell up to 3 peices the catch was they had to be 8x8.---OASIS URBAIN-----Candy Fairy---r
This is a foto I took many years ago. It's of a little boy sitting on the floor of the Rodin Museum in Paris drawing the statues. His desire to draw made him totally unconcerned of the presence of others. This filled me with much tenderness.
my cardboard retablos ---Retablos at Catorce---more retablos---Students created the retablos based on the Community of Caring topics: Responsibility, Respect, Family, Trust, and Caring-----
Se llama relicario a la caja o estuche para guardar reliquias o recuerdos de los santos y exponerlas a la veneración de los fieles
How the PlayPump System Works ...While children have fun spinning on the PlayPump merry-go-round (1), clean water is pumped (2) from underground (3) into a 2,500-liter tank (4), standing seven meters above the ground....
Unsafe water and lack of sanitation is now the single largest cause of illness worldwide.
Sundays can be dangerous! Having more time to play today, I tried to be creative with my template and, in the process, wound up losing it altogether. Unfortunately, I'm busy with the latest corrections for my book ARTE PER MASSAIE (art for housewives in Italian) and, at the moment, don't have time to dedicate to a new template. Please be patient until I can fix it (and you have to scroll down for the side bar!)
In the meantime:
The oil used to cook fries at Carl's Jr. restaurants in Arizona is getting a second life as fuel for the fast-food chain's vehicles. The company that franchises most Carl's Jr. outlets in the state plans to convert its fleet, including cars and trucks used by repair technicians and regional vice presidents, to run on waste vegetable oil instead of gas by 2010. via everyday trash which offers many other interesting links including:
The Temas Blog, Musings about the Evolution of Consumer, Environmental & Health Policy in Latin America & the Caribbean----Bring Your OwnThoughts on dealing with our disposable dilemna.----gutter envy, musings on wet trash----Ecorazzi questions causes celeb; -----Fabulously Green shares some faublous new ecostyles;------
Shadows of Scary Creatures , I wonder about the physiological effects of dreaming. I mean, neurochemically, the body can't know the difference between a dream and reality, right? -----
recently discovered: keeping me in stitches blog, hand embroidery and an occasional sock monkey...some quilting is possible, too
deborah colotti, For many years, I have toyed with the Barbie icon. In 1996, I began the current series "the Barbs". To date, I have created over 150 interpretations of Barb in the real world.
Abita Mystery house ....Have you ever walked along a foot path and stopped to pick up an interesting rock? John Preble has, thousands of times; and it wasn’t only rocks, there were bottles, bottle caps, license plates, springs, motors, pottery shards, and “what all.” And he didn’t throw any of it away, instead it all eventually came together in the fantastic man-made world known as the Abita Mystery House in Abita Springs, Louisiana.
For Diana Vreeland, red was more than just a primary color. "All my life I've pursued the perfect red," said the legendary fashion editor. "I can never get painters to mix it for me. It's exactly as if I'd said 'I want Rococo with a spot of Gothic in it and a bit of Buddhist Temple' - they have no idea what I'm talking about." Vreeland's entire life was about striving for such exquisite perfection and she almost always achieved it.
Well I'm very happy today because I just ordered my tickets to the Rolling Stones A BIGGER BANG concert here in Rome July 6!
The homeowner is a big Stones fan who simply had to have the Stones logo painted in the center of his inground swimming pool. Give the People what they want! It's only rock and roll but I like it.
The incredible Janet Cooper left Rome the other day(Janet, for all practical purposes, travels world wide collecting memorabilia for her assemblage art quilts) and sent me an email with the references: Amy Katoh, connoisseur of Japanese craft-----Visiting with Amy Katoh at a Garden Exhibition -----ku: Joy of Japan book---Blue and White Japan book-----Amy Katoh is known for her shop Blue & White, a fixture of Tokyo’s Azabu Juban area for more than 30 years, and three previous books----more-----ASIA-PACIFIC ISSUE; Outside the Temple, Old Japan for Sale -----
Camille Holvoet is an energetic and imaginative artist who draws from her own experiences and perceptions---Recycled works is a hand produced line of funky and functional jewellery with a folk art flair. At the heart of each piece are the vintage bottle caps which date back from the 1930's to the 1970's, they give the work a nostalgic "pop art" flash which is coupled with Americana pop art images and religious icons----
About 1830 James Burrows invented the twin techniques of stickware and half- square mosaic. Stickware articles, such as pincushions, were turned from blocks composed of differently coloured wooden sticks of triangular and diamond shaped cross section. Half-square mosaic consisted of thin slices from similar blocks used as veneers to decorate boxes and other items. Stickware remained popular throughout the life of the industry, but half-square was not much used after 1840 as it was a step on the way to a perfected mosaic technique
....dresses wittily made of paper printed with the New York Yellow Pages, all express a joyful relish in the decay of the written word, a forthright pleasure in the way its meaning has been draining away
Sketchbook Village ------arreke harmsen textile sculpture----leigh wells illustration-----Red leaf in vase by lisa dejohn----marco marella illustration----soft tree pattern is here!----My love affair with granny squares---- every wondered what you could do with all those cardboard cylinders from paper towels, try this----the ceramic work of Lubna Chowdhary----a jeans shoulder bag----making one change at a time blog-----Blog-ish Collages, $90 Original collages inspired by the magic of blogs, made with original (no copies) vintage sewing pattern illustrations, vintage buttons, vintage wallpapers, fabrics, trims,spools of thread, and other sweet treats.
le-grand magasin , shop in provence selling the old and ancient-----
Klaas Gubbels Tafel, 1985, gouache op papier, ----more GUBBELS, Klaas----This artist has taken the theme of an ordinary table and draws it and paints it over and over like Morandi did with his his bottles-----more---more---more---and even more----Klaas Gubbels----gubbels disocovered via zeekomkommer's links
My friend Janet Cooper sent me this link: AryJunk-----"Rubbish removal and rubbish clearance has always seemed to mean rubbish service. ANY JUNK? was set up to change all that. It's about delivering a simple, dependable and hassle free junk clearance solution that is as environmentally friendly as possible," says its founder, Jason Mohr.
Save those plastic drink bottles for Craft Wars, and you can make Frosted Patio Party Lights to hang from an umbrella or the trees.
lime, healthy living with a twist----waste nothing, Use, reuse, reduce waste, and recycle at home! Share ideas for waste nothing use everything homemaking, frugality, crafting, cooking, decorating, sewing, canning, preserving, gardening, cleaning, organizing, conserving, home management, saving time money, recycling, consumerism, and more yahoo group-------
Pintoids are pinhole cameras made from Altoid containers. A piece of pop culture transformed into something useful. An instrument to view the world with a dry, distorted, sense of humor. They tend to create curiously strong images.----I remember playing with Shrinky Dinks® when I was in elementary school. You can make them using clear plastic lids. It's a creative way to recycle.-----How to air-dry flowers FOR POTPOURRI---Goddess of Garbage, Carol A. Tanzi ----
how to fold a t-shirt---how to crochet a Tiara----How to Make a 3D Paper Snowflake-----CraftPOP.com is the web guide to popular homemade arts, crafts, hobbies, ideas, and other DIY resources---The Art of Finding about thrift shopping, finding, and serendipity---Downsizing TheMagazines ----What is National Craft Month-----A book is a form to hold meaning. Books have the power to communicate directly and intimately with the viewer, creating a unique experience of art. -----
recyclers blog----The Recycling Appeal collects mobile phones, PDAs and printer cartridges for reuse and recycling, raising funds and helping the environment.-----Resin Codes, Wonder what those symbols on or near the bottom of a plastic container mean? They are plastic resin codes and identify the resin----milk carton recycling----Too many wonderful people live in rickety hovels made of cardboard, rags, and straw. ----
artist residency at SF Recycling & Disposal, Inc-----recycle-ryoanji BLOG, a replica of Ryoan-ji Garden created out of recycled materials----ShoestringCottage Building my own little cottage on a shoestring budget-----
Another way to recycled is by swapping. The last time Chiara was in Paris, she stayed with friends whose apartment building had a large box near the main door. Residents would put in the box things they didn't use anymore and anyone interested could take want they wanted from the box to use it themselves.
Swapping is the New Shopping------Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in which a community explores creative reuse through the recycling of used clothing------Swapstyle.com is an online fashion swap party where you can swap, sell and buy fashion, accessories, cosmetics, shoes and lots more with people from all around the world at any time, day or night!-----Naked Lady Party how to throw a clothing swap ----Welcome to whatsmineisyours.comUpload your wardrobe, make friends, and start swapping and selling the stuff you don’t wear for stuff you will. -----The web’s clothes-swapping queen on Chanel, vintage and car boot sales-----In a 2006 poll, 80% of women surveyed admitted that they never wear 25% of the clothes in their closet.-----Fashion For Free, When you're really broke and need clothes, have a clothing swap---SIMPLE+FUN+SAVVY=CLOTHING SWAP-------Itsy Eco Interview - Clothes Swap Shop!-----Swap shoppers at ThriftOn at the Botanica bar in New York. -----
edible art,"Simon," 2006, 7"X32"X30", gummi bears, faux nailtops on wire armature and canvas ---Gummy bear chandelier---
mittens, Polar fleece lined, cuffs trimmed with vintage buttons. Made from 100% recycled wool, every pair is guaranteed one-of-a-kind.
The wreaths are made very carefully by hand out of waste tin.
Vintage Tin Bracelet, Here is a replica of the vintage tin bracelet I made on the HGTV show "Thats Clever!" The chain is handmade as well as the clasp. The "charms" are made from an old cigarette tin that I purchased in an antique shop
What to do with all those reconstructed clothes you've been making? Why not try participating in the Ethical Fashion Show, 4, rue Trousseau 75011 PARIS contact@ethicalfashionshow.com .....Founded by Isabelle QUÉHÉ, Ethical Fashion Show® is a European event centred on Ethical Fashion. It is organised by the Universal Love association (Free Markets since 1995). More than a trade show, ETHICAL FASHION SHOW® seeks to be a unifying event where the fashion industries’ various players meet. There are 3 main objectives: - Promote ethical fashion designers - Foster dialogue and the exchange of information between companies concerned by fair trade and sustainable development in the fashion industry - Be an information base for all parties concerned.-----
Originaire du Brésil, Eliza Gabriel conçoit ses premiers sacs et tapis en 2003. Son travail s'appuie sur la mise en valeur des anciennes techniques de l'artisanat brésilien (récupérer, couper, assembler et coudre des dizaines, des centaines de bouts de tissus). BLOG
Noblesse des tissus, élégance des formes, foisonnement de couleurs, les accessoires de mode La Vie Devant Soie recèlent mille richesses, puisées dans les trésors d’un pays fabuleux : le Cambodge…
on & on....From season to season, we recycle thousands of clothes that become unique pieces for our collections. Reinvent your wardrobe...scroll down the page to see how this outfit was made from old clothes
Vintage Vinyl Cuff Made from classic vinyl LPs and plated with rhodium, this wrist cuff rocks. Recycled from mint-condition records (check out the grooves).
The Rabbit's spirit ...Rabbit Habbit, the label of Teera Chantaswasdee, a most exclusive and multi-award winning young designer... at sOIWAT
Compact blog, to go beyond recycling in trying to counteract the negative global environmental and socioeconomic impacts of U.S. consumer culture, to resist global corporatism, and to support local businesses, farms, etc----Conscious Threads: EDUN------
ARTICLE STUDIO blog ---full of ideas creative enterprise---we all reuse-----Art Gens propose des pièces uniques garanties 100% déchet conçues et réalisées à la main au sein de l'association. Chaque objet est acccompagné d'une "carte d'identité" précisant la provenance du matériau d'origine ainsi que les auteurs et réalisateurs de l'objet.----
Design et eco conception -----Womens' rehabilitation---- Textile designer Ploenchan Pornsurat put the artisans of Thailand's hill tribes back in business with fabrics that challenge the senses. But does a tree-bark dress itch?---mae fah luang foundation-----bilum® recycles dying materials. For this collection of handbags & other accessories, bilum used giant publicity banners. Handles are made using reprocessed or rejected car safety-belts. Each bilum is made in France by people in welfare or social centres-----
coll.part. presents a collection of accessories made from recycled plastic bags. Nina Raebar, a Swiss fashion designer, has transposed this light, strong, and colourful material to make a fashionable and urban product. Cambodian workshops make the accessories and provide training, employment, and reinsertion for women in difficult situations as well as to victims of antipersonnel mines.-------------zaza factory-----
Isabelle Quéhé est fondatrice de l'Ethical Fashion Show, le salon spécialisé en mode équitable. Elle nous explique ce qu''il faut entendre par mode éthique----Isabelle Quehe'sUniversal Love Associationpromotes ethical fabrics--those made from ecologically-friendly sources or produced by manufacturers using ethical labor codes--as a profitable alternative to traditional textiles.----Isabelle Quehe
ring, The smell of people drinking coffee & smoking...
it always brings back some of my favorite memories.
Like driving up to work on the I-5...smoking out of the
car window & singing along to the stereo...getting
buzzed off the extra-large hot coffee in the cup holder
The first realization in MVRDV’s home town Rotterdam will be a rooftop house extension. On top of an existing monumental house and atelier, the bedrooms are positioned as separate houses, optimizing the privacy of every member of the family. The houses are distributed in such a way that a series of plazas, streets and alleys appear as a mini-village on top of the building.
How to Make Home Made Paper You Can Plant----Dishcloth Bikini---D'Ette Cole -----Wunderkammer , A wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, is a place to gather your treasured collections. More than that .... the weird, the wonderful, the found and discarded. Nature's detritus or man made discards. A collection may contain the truly beautiful or the down right bizarre----remnanatcushions----
flickR: The alligator scarf felting----When the paper puppets are twirled the arms and legs lift and swing in a delightful burst of joy! -----craftsmanship by peggy dembicer-----How to Make a Covered Button----a wall of softies---Trashion Strangements ----Little guy with copper button necklace----About The Library, The idea is that one artist takes a hardcover from a book, tears out the pages and draws in one half (or half draws in both halves) of the binder/diptyque. In a nod to Ray Johnson, the two books are mailed (swapped) and Each of these will be finished by the other. The results are posted in a Flicker group called (what else) The Library Project.
Wendy Freebourne Hand and machine embroidery on space-dyed cotton fabric with natural dyed fibres and silk, merino wool, amgelina, silk tops and distressed sheers.
PON DI RIVER PON DI BANK, pon pon makers ----ulrika erdes' public embroidery, Cross stiching performed on seats in buses and trains. Embroidery kits can be sent for free, at your request. Mail me! Please send photos of your own public embroidery!
Tucked away in the ground-floor warehouse at Secret Project Robot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Cabin Comforts is an handcrafted rustic cabin environment, where the experience of art is situated in the home not in the gallery. Found within are drawings, zines, music and video, utility crafts and decorative arts, sculpture and furniture, wearable art, photography and ephemera, all at affordable prices.
Saviour Scraps is a Brooklyn based art collaborative that works with donated and reused fabric to create fantastical environments in immersive site-specific installations. Because fabric contains powerful personal and collective memories, it serves as a medium through which the artists can explore the cycle of creation and exchange. The installations create an atmosphere that overwhelms and intrigues the viewer to become a participant by interacting with the art and making the experience their own.
earth 911 recycling---Chakras & Vortexes of Mother Earth----How many earth chakras are there?------The Chakras are wheel-like vortices of energy located on the etheric body in a vertical line from the head to the pelvis.-----Chakras, Aging, and the Inner Earth----
p.s.: -----the Precious Famine table------Lisa Congdon is a San Francisco based crafter and artist-----via designmuti Daily Dose of Design Finds------embroidered cuckoo clocks by artist Steve MacDonald.------Stencils Number #158 on the list of projects to do in my home is stenciling.---Hotel Des Arts-----the Papa Stour website----nel linssen paper jewellery----Using gaffers tape, the company transfers original artwork and photographs to the wallets creating very cool and very durable products-----michael salter sculpture from packaging----
Biotechnology on display, A gallery-turned-laboratory fuses art and science....Who knew bacteria could draw? But here I stand, staring at a series of black-and-blue line drawings of a rooster, rabbit, and spiraling helix of DNA, all by the bioluminescent bacteria Photobacterium phosphoreum
Manon Gignoux explores the marks of wear and time in clothing, wrapped objects and fabric sculptures: MANON GIGNOUX fashion----MANON GIGNOUX-----Manon Gignoux dans les replis du temps----
Tammis Keefe is one of the great names of hankie collecting. She was born in 1920, and began designing for Kimbal scarves in 1953. Her designs are typically 1950s - full of whimsy and those great 50s colors: pink, turquoise, gold and black. Keefe's designs were often inspired by her travels. One can find Oriental, Arabian nights, and European castle themed hankies. She also did hankies featuring American cities and attractions. ------Tammis Keefe----- Tammis Keefe Textiles / DiscussFLICKR GROUP----you'll need to join Vintage Hankies.-----Fabric Friday: Tammis Keefe-----
Heart YoYo Free Pattern--- Hot Seat If a chair could wear ruffle-rear bloomies it might look something like this.------anna marie hornerinterview----is it fair to have studiothis beautiful?-----
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------ReUse Artists--------
"Crocheted Snow" , A self-described "art-farmer living part of the year in an urban nest [New York City] and part of the year on a farm in Tuscany", Abigail Doan's artwork interconnects her experience of place using natural fibers and plant material. Often as ephemeral interventions, carefully photographed, her projects coalesce tenuous layers of thought with the fragile beauty of vegetation and the outdoors.
more abigail.....My work is a threaded dialogue between vanishing tactile processes and emerging technological means. As a geomorphic agent and environmental tinker, I create recombinant maps, floating topographies, and in situ souvenirs that highlight the delicate nature our environs and the degradation of spirit that results from our repeated abuse of natural resources and shared terrain.
Leopold + Rudolf Blaschka,During the late 19th century, the Dresden studio of LEOPOLD BLASCHKA (1822-1895)and his son RUDOLF (1857-1929) produced beautifully detailed glass models of exotic plants and bizarre sea creatures for natural history museums and aquaria all over the world.
The Mended Spiderweb series came about during a six-week period in June and July in 1998 which I spent on Pörtö. In the forest and around the house where I was living, I searched for broken spiderwebs which I repaired using red sewing thread-------'The New Audiences Website is one of the largest free resources on developing audiences in the world. It offers a great opportunity to learn from our peers and we urge arts professionals to take advantage of its richness.'
Mended Heart Cage by Michael Branca 2002 oil & catalytic converter on canvas
robin ross books------Secret Wall Tattoos-----Uprooted & Deified - The Golden Tree ----ASCI, art and science collaboration---The Center for Land Use Interpretationis a research organization involved in exploring, examining, and understanding land and landscape issues. -----NOTCOT Inc, a network of informative and collaborative websites that doubles as a design consultancy-----BOTANICALLS: Allows your plants to call you!----Welcome to the world of Biomimicry: discover how our understanding of Nature is beginning to influence how we innovate and develop ideas---Arcology, the concept of ecological human habitats was introduced by Paolo Soleri in late 1960's, exploring an alternative urban development in the age of environmental crisis---The Spannocchia Foundation was formed in February 2002, with the intent of supporting conservation, research, and education at the Tenuta di Spannocchia, an 1100-acre organic agricultural estate in central Tuscany. Our vision is to become an internationally recognized example for sustainable development in rural areas and an educational center for students, scholars, researchers, artists, and others committed to preserving cultural history and the environment for future generations-----THE EDIBLE ESTATES CHALLENGE! ----- my thanks to abigal doan's blog for many of these links----
design in nature pdf-----Ken Smith Landscape Architects book---elevation and pretty paintings-----CynContemporary hand bags---'WE CAN' Project Created by my dog sighs. ---vandalized vintage with some Pretty Plates-----Wiener Bench - Upcycling---TRAID supports international projects which the charity believes are participatory and sustainable in the long term, creative in their concepts and focused on the support of youth.
The Chinese ceramic arts have spread through out the world and have gained global recognition. Mended chinaware is called “cramp porcelain.” Even beautiful shell porcelains that have translucent glaze, yet because of their fragile nature gets broken, if all the pieces are collected, the pieces can still be mended by using special metal nails. ......
The Gourd---Southern California Pottery----Free Gourd Crafting Projects----Cutting, cleaning and finishing a gourd bowl----How to make WATERPROOF and Food-Safe Gourd Bowls----Gourd Bowl Carve and stain a gourd bowl--- Contemporary Assorted - Small Carved Gourd Bowl
QING QING .....Qing Qing is most famous for being a Chinese woman artist producing beautiful robes made of hemp and flowers.
Chen Qingqing-----Qingqing Chen------more----Qing Qing's latest series has seen her shift her attention from the past to the present and even the future, the subjects, however, remain equally weighty and the visions drawnup by her work are just as disturbing and allegorical as before. For her newest creations, she's turned into a TV series director, casting mutated miniature plastic toy figures, dinosaurs, snakes and other bizarre creatures in a variety of postures and not-so-rosy situations. Most of these commotions are contained within castaway TV boxes that Qing Qing has bought from garbage collectors, discarded clockwork and large wood cases----Chen Qingqing's Modern Fairytales and Dark Dioramas -----Internal Injuries 2----Chen Qingqing陈庆庆------
A major artist in the Cynical Realism (Wanshi xianshizhuyi) movement that emerged post 1989, Liu Wei paintings has been seen to characterize the era’s pervasive feeling of malaise.
Chang Pao was men's common wear, lower than the knees and with a round collar band. It was a long gown featured collarless, narrow horseshoe-shaped sleeves, buttons down the left front, four slits and a fitting waist. The slits could enhance men's freedom of mobility while they were riding the horse.
recently I've seen some great links at Karin's Style: Niina Mahlmberg makes beautiful glass jewellery and she is a member of finnish gallery Koorutaide, where they’ve got lots more amazing jewellery to browse.----process chair by scott garcia-----scott garcia designs---The main purpose of this blog is to post personal comments, research, new trend spotting on design, art and crafts, so that visitors interested in the subject can share the learning from our experiences.-------love tile------necklaces-----This beautiful tapestry is by Meabh Warburton. She has started blogging - welcome!---feffakookan a delightful blog--
more enzo correnti-----more----Art for the Environment-----Enzo Correnti : Nuove possibili realtà. “ La carta può diventare arte e nella sua apparente povertà essere specchio di un’anima e portavoce di una domanda---Enzo Correnti - scultura cartacea-----more----ENZO'S BLOG in italian----
-Hi I'm thecreator of miff and i want to tell you a little story-----amelias magazine ----Bose Krishnamachari with his Ghosts Transmemoirs paintings--- The Giant Thangkas of Tsurphu Monastery ----Drap-Art is a non-profit organisation founded in Barcelona in 1995. Drap-Art promotes creative recycling, through the organisation of festivals, exhibitions and workshops.----Basurama is a forum for discussion and reflection on trash, waste and reuse in all its formats and possible meanings. It was born in Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM) in the year 2000 and, since then, it has evolved and acquired new shapes---Michelle Stitzlein creates found object art / sculpture from recycled materials, including piano keys, broken china, license plates, rusty tin cans, electrical wire, bottlecaps, and other miscellaneous items--ivo weber tin can art----El Anatsui and recycled art -----
Norwegian female artist Marian Heyerdahl, utilizing her unique artistic vocabulary, recontextualizes the Terra-cotta Warriors by duplicating the Terra-cotta Warriors in their original scale, while inverting their gender from male to female. at 798 Space Chinese art works------