Brian Jungen, Prototypes for New Understanding (1998-2005), partial installation view. Photo Trevor Mills/Vancouver Art Gallery, Nike shoe sculptures
Brian's work is probably familiar to many of you, especially his recently completed Prototypes for New Understanding 1998-2005, a series of 23 Northwest Coast Aboroginal masks made from Nike Air Jordans. -------Brian Jungen at the NMoCA ----The White Plastic Chair in the Arts: Brian Jungen-----
Brian Jungen Prototype for New Understanding #5, 1999, Nike Air Jordans, hair Photo Credit: Linda Chinfen
news grist art blog---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-----NadineSpier baskets----REplayground...SEE THIS AND THIS AND THIS, Junk It > send us your stuff ---------HOW TO - Make a recycled jeans backpack
rags to riches, Contemporary designs individually created using recycled plastics and other found elements. All of the work is created using a technique that I have developed over the last 5 years, which utilises plastic carrier bags and their vibrant colours..........bags2art project
bird houses from recycled materials
Reduce, Reuse, Remodel---What do broken toys, vintage jewelry, yesterday's newspaper, china shards, and old jeans have in common? All will be reused to make art and fine crafts and exhibited at the third Déjà Vu All Over Again Art Show to be held at The Commons and Commons Centre in Columbus, Indiana.----- Artists For Humanity EpiCenter Makes News:-----Environmental art, recycled, assemblage art, abstract paintings, installation art and public art---chris jordan environmental photography-----
Each fish wall sculpture is created by hand from recyclable plastic detergent bottles by David Edgar. It comes with wire in place, ready to install -- it is lightweight enough to hang on a push pin. No two are exactly alike.
Isolated in the remote wilderness of Tasmania, a ramshackle shed is home to the artist Noel Doepel. Unfettered by the constraints of conventional wisdom in his studio, Noel is free to create objects of beauty and function, hewn from recycled materials gathered in and around his exurban utopian retreat. ------greenmuseum.org, a nonprofit, online museum of environmental art, advances creative efforts to improve our relationship with the natural world.---at norcal waste systems, Visit the Artist-in-Residence Program website for more information
Make your own seed starting pots! No more trays and pots to buy, wash and store! This nifty mold turns strips of ordinary newspaper into biodegradable seed starting pots that you plant right into the garden
mended art and recycled art at the ames gallery .....The Ames Gallery began showing mended items in the 1980's with a show titledOn the Mend. Our evolving collection includes broken, worn and cracked pieces that have been rendered whole again. Stapled china, patched buckets, and wired jugs have been transformed from the commonplace to the extraordinary, by virtue of their creative repair.
"TheSugar House" , 2001 47 x 31 in. Silver Gelatin Print ....After studying theology and hotel administration, Richard Greaves (1952) worked as a chef and graphic designer in the Montreal region. In 1982, he decided to change his life and moved to a small village in the Beauce region of Quebec. On the land and in the forest nearby his house, he created many assemblages with recuperated materials. About the objects he assembles, he has written, “I very much liked and observed old objects, used objects, objects worn down by the force of time and human history. I am a being that has served, been transformed, an object that wants to be understood and enlightened, and that likes to be used.” via le divan fumoir bohemien----
fred flare sewing kit
sandals made from old tires--A sandal made from a tire and twisted rice stalks.--more tire sandals----Found Object Art book----Beyond Paper Bags and Boxes, The Use Less Stuff Report says Americans throw away 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year's than any other time of year. That's not surprising when you tally up the bags, ribbons, boxes and wrapping paper we use to make the season bright. Small changes in the way we package gifts would have a big impact on the environment. If each family reused just 2 feet of holiday ribbon each year, 38,000 miles worth would be saved. That's enough to tie a bow around the entire planet----The Junkman and Junk Music--------CRAFTS ARCHIVE, Eco-Art Crafts Made by You ----bunny tutorial (Set) ---
fiskars pillow crafting contest----
January Pincushion Challenge ------more----Les Invasions Ephémères , decals for home decoration----
Devorah Sperber (American, b. 1961). After van Eyck (Man In a Red Turban) (detail), 2006. 5,024 spools of thread----Thread Spool Works, 1999-present-----
Photo Snow Globes - Make Your Own in 15 Minutes (or Your Money Back!)
You know that slightly tired looking cookie sheet (baking tin) you’ve got in your kitchen? Well look out! It’s about to start a brand new life as a calendar – it’s got years of use ahead – that’s right, more than one - and it’s taking a few other survivors from your household along with it: game pieces, papers, embellishments you’ve been hoarding forever – can you believe it, they’re all actually useful!
