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Recycled Leather Necklaces from Mainichi

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:00:08 +0000

From Melbourne, Australia, the jewelry artist (or jewellerey artist) Mainichi creates playful necklaces from recycled upholstery leather and found materials. Many of her necklaces contain movement with hanging, dangling strings and objects. Other pieces consist of layering leathers with vintage Japanese kimono silk fabric or felt with stitched details. Simply gorgeous.
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Brian Dettmer – Recycled Cassettes and Altered Books

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:00:15 +0000

Probably best known for his work on altered books, Brian Dettmer also works with altered cassettes and video tape. His work is meticulous. For one piece described in the video, he took over 10,000 photos of the work in progress. The result is an animation of the piece coming alive. His [...]

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Recycled Cassette Tape

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:02 +0000

Incredible portraits created from recycled cassette tape by artist, Erika Iris Simmons, aka, iri5. These pieces are from her “Ghost in the Machine” series. Most of the work created by iri5 is made from recycled or found materials. In addition to these true to life portraits, she has some amazing collages using [...]

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Rugs Created From Recycled T-shirts

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:00:03 +0000

Lovely rugs made from recycled T-shirts. I’m sure they are nice and cushy and soft to step on… but the nicest part is that you can just throw these into the washing machine and hang them out to dry. Handcrafted by the talented Etsy seller, Green at Heart, aka Laurine. She has [...]

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Fair Trade Recycled Peace Stuff

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:00:04 +0000

Working on a little peace theme today…. First up:
The peace sign handbag is handmade in Guatemala from recycled vintage textiles. Perfect when you want a unique and original gift. From Gambia, Africa, comes these peace pendants made entirely from leftover scrap wood by local artisans. This is part of a movement that [...]

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Recycled yard debris and wood scraps

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:00:05 +0000

This etsy artist raids the compost pile and creates these organic works of art from aproximately 2,600 pieces of a Choke Cherry tree. Custom options are available. 81” x 23” x 3”
$5,500.00 at CDeK’s Etsy Shop

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Recycled gloves and socks

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:12 +0000

Nothing sadder than a lonely glove drifting around the house looking for its long lost “other”. Never fear!! …here are new ways to give a new lease on life as a squirrel, an elephant, a penguin, a donkey, or a bunny. The artist behind these transformations is Miyako Kanamori from Tokyo, [...]

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Recycled Glass Bowls – Not Your Grandma’s Candy Dish

admin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:00:05 +0000

From glass artist Diana Branscome, created from recycled glass beverage bottles comes these funky and elegant art glass bowls. Local restaurants provide Diana with her raw material which she then washes, de-tags, fragments, re-forms, and shapes into works of art. Definitely not your grandma’s candy dish!
$15.00 each at Branscome Glass

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Recycled Glass Bowls

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:00:03 +0000

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Recycled Rubber Chaise Lounge

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:05 +0000

Absolutely beautiful! Created from reclaimed, recycled bicycle and tractor inner-tubes. Handmade by Berlin artist and creator Jaap Wijnants from Puncture Bags along with furniture designer Patrick Kerti. This was a special project, but check out Punch Bags’ other products like wallets, purses and the elegantly designed pencil case.

Available at Puncture Bags’ Etsy [...]

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