This video might give the artistic amongst us the inspiration to get creative with the contents of their trash can. The video is a walk through of a recycled art exhibit from Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. I’m not lucky enough to live in an area where there is an art gallery, let alone […]
Pierre Lota – 8 Design Projects done in less than a minute each
I stumbled upon this video totally by accident. Pierre Lota is amazing, I have got to try some of these for my home. Best of all there made mainly from recycled materials. The art is so classy and unique, very modern and tasteful, I love it!
Crisp Packet Dress
A fashion student from Leicester College won the Sustainable Design Award 2011 with her crisp packet dress. It took student Rebekah Kirkland, two months, using hundreds of empty crisp packets to make her fantastic creation. She said “it was a tedious job but well worth the effort”, every crisp packet was washed before being machine […]
Dr Geebers Pebble Man – Beach Pebble Sculpture Art
I had the pleasure to meet Dr Geebers the pebble man on Skegness Beach on a cold, windy February day. Dr Geebers (his artistic name) is a homeless man who is travelling around the UK on foot visiting beaches to bring coastal communities a peace of his pebble art sculputures. The Pebble Man started his […]
Hotel Made of Ocean Rubbish is Built in Spanish Capital
A Hotel in Madrid Spain has been built entirely out of rubbish. The structure stands in the central Plaza de Callao as part of the city’s hosting of the International Tourism Fair (Fitur). The five bedroom hotel was designed by German Designer Ha Schult The walls of the Garbage Hotel was collected from beaches in […]
Recycled Milk Bottle Wall Planters – By Anna Garforth
These Recycled Milk Bottle Plant Pots are grrrrreat :) What a wonderful idea for the garden and to use all that pesky plastic. This art work is created by Anna Garforth a Recycle artist that uses all sorts of Recycle material not just milk bottles, her plastic milk bottle creations where used as part of […]
Recycled Aluminium Can Art – Soda Can Art
There are lots of examples of recycling artists creating art from Aluminum cans from the professional or amateur a like on line Aluminum cans are an easy resource for anyone to get a hold of, this makes it the perfect recyclable material for anyone to give a recycled art project a go whether it’s in […]
Recycled Art: Toilet Roll Tube Art
Love this little recycled toilet roll heads, when I first saw them on the internet I thought they where huge heads that had been made out of lots of recycled toilet roll tubes. I was surprise when I found they where made by one small toilet roll tube. The artist is Junior Jacquet. These recycled […]
Urban Knitting: Yarn Bombing
It’s that time of year again when the summer is close to an end and there’s a nip in the air, when I start to think of what to knit for the fast approaching winter months. Was looking online for inspiration when I stumbled across Urban Graffiti Knitting, a new craze amongst knitters and I […]
Recycled Garden Rock Golem
I made this Rock Golem from some old Rocks that used to be a terrible 1980’s fire place that dominated a room in our house right up the the ceiling. We have had the Rocks for years, when I got the idea to make some Garden ornaments to give some interest in my yard. The […]