We are still without internet and still surrounded by boxes. So this will be A Kinda Quicky.
The RE:Fashion Awards will take place on the 13th November 2008, celebrating people and organisations who have taken great strides in tackling poverty, healing the environment and changing consumer attitudes towards ethical fashion.
from somwhere, recycled fashion
From Somewhere, fashion recycling---From Somewhere To You | Refashioning Rubbish----From Somewhere ecofashion-----From Somewhere focuses on the use of reclaimed fabrics to create high-end women’s wear. Orsola de Castro set up the business in 1997 customising knitwear and using prison coats and old kilts-----
Goodone Clothing creates new clothes from old--their great looking jackets and stretchy dresses are made from recycled clothing bought by the pound from a recycling company or donated.
New York based costume designer Kate Cusack makes really amazing costumes out of unexpected items: above, plastic wrap, sponges and a picnic set. These costumes are called Sculptural/Wearable and in the vein of haute couture –> pret a porter, they’re really vibrant templates for a host of new ideas for re-purposed clothing. via seed & sew
Inspired designer/recycler Elisabeth Delehaunty collects an eclectic fabric supply at auctions, estate sales and thrift stores, and then reinvents new uses from old favorites.
embroidery: Lillie and Lulu Dryson ,embroidered letters----Joetta Maue•, Thank you to Joetta for sending her Lovely work our way! A recent MFA graduate from the University of Massachusetts, her work addresses the dynamics of conflicting emotions, stitched on linen.-----LilyPad Embroidery----sandrine pellitier----
Ilene Sunshine ----Ilene Sunshine brings the outdoors in with her use of twigs and branches and cleverly reimagines the detritus of found plastic bags in a colorful large scale site specific installation which bisects the gallery space creating a wall "of air" and pays homage to and playfully subverts formal concerns of mid century modernism and color field painting.---- Gaëlle Chotard----
food:oregano...How about an herb that has 42 times more antioxidant activity than apples, 30 times more than potatoes, 12 times more than oranges and 4 times more than blueberries?---Great Pumpkin Pasta-----How To: Make Honey Roasted Pumpkin Soup - a photo guide----Gastronomy as a generator of intercultural creativity----
opportunities: la Compagnia di San Paolo è stata una istituzione al servizio della società in cui è radicata. Oggi, la Compagnia è una fondazione di diritto privato, tra le maggiori in Europa,---L'Antenna Culturale Europea è il Punto di Contatto Cultura italiano (Cultural Contact Point - CCP) per il Programma Cultura dell’Unione Europea.----LAB FOR CULTURE, LabforCulture is a partnership initiative of the European Culture Foundation----TRANSLOCAL,"collaborations in curating, research and writing to create translocal knowledge and experience"----New Work Network ----
Recycled Magazine Necklace, Proof that eco-friendly can be fashionable. Made in Brazil, this unique necklace is comprised of crystals, semi-precious stones, and ceramic and recycled beads.
Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette ..“Friendly Fire” fabric, plastic squirt guns, plastic smile face rings, plastic necklace medallions
Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette--"Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette of Greenbelt, Md., acquires collections of small objects ...then reuses them to explore the human need to collect and examine what our collections say about us. Results are lighthearted and imaginative." --clementine mom's –- Lifesavers: Collections of a Lifetime Found on eBay----more--
Intricately stitched works of memory and meaning, Donna Rhae Marder's works are a breathtaking exploration of sensitivity and hand work. ....''I've been sewing things from paper on my sewing machine for about 20 years. I like to put things together that aren't necessarily going together, like the English and Irish. I use junk around the house the way indigenous people use shells or feathers; I use shopping lists, or postage stamps.
Audrey Moore uses hand-dyed wool yarn in vibrant colors to create her dramatic tapestries woven on her Navajo loom----
Gloria Crouse creates highly textured art rugs and wall works, using variations of hand hooking and sculpturing. Unique combinations of metal, plastic, paint with yarn and yardage add further contrasts in these floor and wall pieces---- Author and fiber artist Gloria Crouse shows the basics of hooking rugs and pillows and explains how to choose the right fabrics and styles to complement a home's decor-----
R.F. "Rik" Nelson and recycled art----Rik creates his collage artworks from post-consumer recyclables (e.g., cracker and cereal boxes, aluminum and tin cans, and plastic shampoo bottles, motor oil containers and detergent jugs). Ever evident is the medium itself, what the artwork’s parts were before becoming picture elements. Along with his artistic intentions, Rik’s companion goal always is to promote recycling (as that implies thrift and respect for resources). ----As he combines soda cans and cereal boxes, his imagination and a trace of poetry, 1972 Whitworth alumnus Rik Nelson transforms garbage into art.-----Recycling with Rik, Sustainable architecture has mother-of-thyme sprouting on roof---
Jewelry:
J. Fred Woell ....Class of `78. Broach. 1978 found objects, brass, paper clip, photograph steel, silicone rubber; fabricated, unique---J. Fred Woell is a teacher, artist, and jewelry designer from Deer Isle, Maine.----brooch by Woell-- Fred Woell has a long history of working in mixed media: spoons, spent bullet shells, pennies. Believing that an art object’s worth is determined by what the artist puts into it, not the materials it’s made of, Woell does a good deal of recycling in his jewelry making----- tape-recorded interview with J. Fred Woell---
ken bova brooch-----Ken Bova (USA)----Ken Bovais a studio jeweler living in Bozeman, MT, and adjunct assistant professor at Montana State University.---
Willy Scholten - Art Show Exhibition----- After 20 years of creating figurative sculptures, Willy Scholten set up her jewelry business in Silicon Valley, California.----
john garrett, mixed metals artist-----John Garrett----Known for the application of textile technologies and imagery to various materials, Garrett has been pushing the boundaries of traditional fiber art and textiles for the past twenty-five years----
Mitch Ryerson Opening Carved Sugar Maple, copper, the poetry of e.e. cummings---Monkey Wrench Cabinet----cabinets of curiosity---Post Industrial Cuckoo Clock ---
One person's trash becomes artists' treasure in Brockton show----John Marcoux Though best known as a furniture-maker, Providence's John Marcoux is really more of a master-tinkerer -- an artist who can take anything from tree branches to coffee cans and turn them into art. "I've always loved making things with my hands," Marcoux says. "Basically, if I don't have a project to work on I'm miserable."
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found a new way to address HIV and sexual risk taking among drug-using women involved in prostitution. The Jewelry Education for Women Empowering their Lives (JEWEL) program introduced 55 drug-using women to HIV risk prevention and the making, marketing and selling of beaded jewelry. After participating in the program, the women reduced their number of sex partners, spent less on drugs daily and decreased crack use. The study is published in the January 2006 issue of AIDS Care.
You’ll need money to burn it if you want to invest in this funky Casino Chic Charm Bracelet. Although you could get the 3 charm or 5 charm version, we all know we’d want the 10 charm one
jacqueline sanchez and puzzle jewelry----fresh crafts jewelry-----Woven Paper Bead Necklace-----Sumako Umezawa has found a way to combine her love for the traditional Japanese art of Origami, with an interest in contemporary jewelry design.----Vale das Contas' jewelry photos---Found Object Jewelry Recycled Flatware Pin Brooch---This is a 1" by 1" soldered pendant necklace that is made using Japanese washi paper sandwiched between glass and soldered with lead-free solder. This pendant has a sleepy cow on one side and a carrot-holding bunny on the other. ----MORE JEWELRY----BROOCHES Fun fabric flowers that you can wear!-----Pin made of found things, a cut up spray can, old jewellery pieces made into new jewellery ----
felieke van der leest JEWELRY AND OBJECTS----jacomijn van der donk---ideiasdeconta's jewelry photos ---Belmacs jewelry------We have new brooches available, perfect for Valentine's day! Here's a peek---bottle cap jewelry----
compartmental jewellery----Compartmental jewellery is a term frequently used to describe the one-off designs by Grainne. She begins by collecting obscure and miniature objects which are both formed and found. The found materials can include pressed flowers, old buttons, shells, pebbles, sea glass, printed tin and graphics/print----Grainne makes compartmental jewellery using bits including old buttons as well as materials like silver, gold and oxidised copper. A lot of her high fashion work - necklaces and bracelets - are made from laminated flowers.-----MORE----
A couple years ago while cleaning up around her workbench, Dana Roth was shocked to discover just how many beer cans littered the space. A different person might have used the moment to question their alcohol consumption, but Dana decided to crack open another beer and make some jewelry.
the carrot box.....Maps fascinate me. Road maps, in particular, are great examples of information design: visually complex yet simple to understand. I also love the graphic design of all those dots, stars, twisting lines and blue pools — as does Suzanne Schmid of Zanne Jewelry, who figured that those familiar symbols of geography would make great accessories!
Recycled Object Pins I create these recycled art pins from slide frames and game pieces.
Necklace created with beads handmade from newspaper color Sunday comics, black and white daily comics and stock listings. The newspaper beads are hand-stitched together with palladium-plated metal bead trim and strung on a comfortable elastic cord.this necklace is by the wonderful holly anne mitchell
The Tokyo Recycle Project began in 1999 and was born from Masahiro's personal response to Tokyo's overwhelming consumer culture. He tried to find a way to reduce waste in the fashion industry by reusing and recycling clothing in a way that would have new and fresh appeal. To use people's existing clothes was a fantastic solution as the clothing itself had history, meaning and a shared past with its owner. Masahiro could tap into this shared history and create a bright new future for these old and worn clothes. more
Gum-wrapper dress, 44 1/2" long, made of wrappers from six different flavors of Wrigley's gum, glued to cheesecloth in overlapping rows.
Visionary clothing designer Issey Miyake, the subject of an exhilarating retrospective and book, just may be the most joyful artist working today.----For over thirty years Issey Miyake has, more than anyone else, redefined the boundaries of fashion, establishing the anti-structural look as a viable alternative to the dressmaking traditions of Parisian haute couture and its high cultural overtones. He says: "My challenge as a clothing designer has been to create something different . . . not traditional Japanese nor purely Western fashion. I had to start from the initial concept of clothing as the body covering." --Recycle wear: Miyake looks to future fashion---more----Issey Miyake natural linen blend deconstructed jacket. ----issey miyake knit wool kimono jacket----
a wonderful use of old zippers to create this Zippidee-do-dah basket by Emily Dvorin at The Northeast Basketmakers Guild is open to everyone with an interest in baskets and basket making. -----more of emily dvorin: emily dvorin--Extreme Materials--emily dvorin---emily dvorin---
Bio:Emily Dvorin is a fiber artist from California who has been working with basketry and 3-dimensional fiber sculpture for 25 years. A bulging disc in her lower back, arthroscopic knee surgery and sciatica have recently caused her to find a new approach to her life, and she's found that she's able to do just that through her art. "I'm tired of feeling sorry for myself. I maintain my sanity by processing life through my artwork," she says. "My conditions have given me an opportunity to express my grief and pain and to reconcile the balance between misfortune and life's blessings."
Washington, DC artist Bill Miller creates textured panoramas, interior scenes, and delicate portraits from reclaimed vintage linoleum and vinyl flooring. Creating an effect that lies somewhere between collage and stained glass, Bill's innovative use of the linoleum's pattern and color is his signature style.
Atsuko Tanaka is one of Japan's most renowned avant-garde artists. She was a member of the Japanese Gutai group (gutai: concrete) which was founded by Jiro Yoshihara in 1954 and existed until 1972. ....The "Electric Dress" which the artist herself wears in her actions consists entirely of wires and colored, flashing light bulbs. This piece already anticipated feminist issues which artists increasingly focused on in the seventies and before all the artistic use of the body in risky situations.
This will be my last post for a few days. I'm going to hide out at my studio, Los Ojos, for a few days to finish my draft, ART FOR HOUSEWIVES, an illustrated essay based on MAKE ART, NOT TRASH. It is terribly hot here in Rome making use of the brain a strain.
You know those magic objects that get fused in your memory and you wonder if you ever truly saw them?
So it is for me and these lovely knit bricks. And the only proof I have of their existence is the photo I took of them on my phone.
'Joy'..........I have been knitting for more than 50 years. I first began knitting seriously between the 1960's and 1970's, as an escape from the chaos of a life that had become rather full of unhappy incidents, such as my husband's long-term illness. I just moved my fingers and needles without thinking of anything else. At night, after my family went to sleep, I would carry on knitting until very late. These were the only moments when I felt calm and peaceful. Knitting was my method of healing my troubled mind.
The New York Foundation for the Arts provides this free national information resource for artists in all disciplines and for everyone who supports them in any way--ARTKRUSH ezine-----
Fantasy Gardening is about 'games' with plants, how they grow and how to get the best out of them. We put plants, products and methods to the test (for example, comparing fertilisers, composts etc) and challenge you to predict the results.
"THE RECYCLED PANTYHOSE RUG" This may cause some "snickers", but I assure you, the preparation of cutting off legs for strips, and of course sanitizing them all, makes this wonderfully colorful and "spongy" feeling on the foot, a very delightful throw rug. My husband suggested this would be a perfect "FLOOR MAT" for the one who works out on their floor. All braided fringe too.
THE BIG DRESS.......The Big Dress started as a crazy idea conceived in a cold church basement by a few mad but keen people thrown together by their involvement with SPEAK. We originally wanted to magic up some kind of creative petition, that would both raise awareness for those bound by the injustice in the garment industry but also act as a visual petition to challenge decision-makers.
craftspeople find in their local environment. Lois Walpole lives in an inner city area and she enjoys making baskets from
materials which she finds around her - namely recycled or waste materials. She chose to make this basket out of discarded
packing tape--- Crisp Box Container---- Laundry BasketJuice Cartons--- Newspaper, Bike Wheel, Wire & Glass table--- Book Ends from books--- BowlsAssorted Materials--- Images of Grown Home at Kew Gardens-----
Raised Letter
by Rubber Necker (SKU: 998999) Recycled Tire
The exhibition 'Transformations: The Art of Recycling' is a celebration of human creativity through recycling and re-use. With exhibits ranging from Australian spearheads made from bottle glass through to a chair made from a traffic bollard, Transformations shows how people have recycled in different cultures throughout history.
After fusing you bags you cut them into thick strips, roll them and weave into flat panels that are then woven together. 
Weave bag by Aileen Marriott
The Charkha spinning wheels....Using a wheel called a Charkha, FFC girls and women spin thread from damaged cocoons into a knubbly silk thread. 
suzanne tick's woven bags
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You’ll need money to burn it if you want to invest in this funky 
Recycled Object Pins I create these recycled art pins from slide frames and game pieces. 
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a wonderful use of old zippers to create this Zippidee-do-dah basket by Emily Dvorin at The 
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Washington, DC artist Bill Miller creates textured panoramas, interior scenes, and delicate
Fantasy Gardening
Linda Miller Embroideries
