From “Artesa”, created from recycled magazine pages using a “rolling” process that artist, Flavia, learned as a child while playing with movie tickets and store receipts. These days, she rolls up scrap magazine pages, while carefully choosing the perfect color of the coils and slowly shapes her bowls and baskets. The results take weeks to […]
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Another artist working in Coffee Cups
Since everyone loved Cheeming Boey, here’s another artist working on coffee cups….Paul Westcombe (b. 1981). His work can be found in London’s Trinity Contemporary and The Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea.
Cheeming Boey: Recycled Styrofoam Cup Art
Cheeming Boey, an artist from Newport Beach, CA, creates his art using a Sharpie and recycled Styrofoam cups. Ever since 2006, Boey started drawing on foam cups as a hobby and has now turned the project into a serious business. Each cup takes a few hours to several months to create. His work was recently […]
Recycled Leather Necklaces from Mainichi
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. Read about her adventures […]
Brian Dettmer – Recycled Cassettes and Altered Books
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 work is being show […]
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