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 […]
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 […]
Fair Trade Recycled Peace Stuff
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 you can […]
Fused Plastic Jewelry from Recycled Plastic Bags
I found two etsy artists that are doing amazing work with fused plastic from recycled plastic grocery bags. … true trash to treasure! First is San Diego artist, Emily Grace from Emily Grace and the Yellow Suitcase. Her designs are made from heat fused plastic which is then hand-stitched to wire and then combined with […]
Recycled Plastic from our Oceans
Surfing around the web this morning, I’m getting totally depressed reading about the amount of plastic crap that is choking our oceans. And seeing all the plastic crap that infiltrates my life everyday. It is so hard to avoid it! To lift my mood, I am finding inspiration from these necklaces that were created by […]
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