Second-hand Sid and Ruby Re-Usable drove up to Tacoma last month for the opening of the Washington State History Museum’s exhibit Make/Do: A History of Creative Reuse. Some of our favorite Washington State artists who work with recycled materials have … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable has been reusing plastic bags in her art work since 1999 (Wonder Bread bags since 2000). In 2004 she was commissioned by the City of Olympia to create a piece of art that would be used as the … Continue reading →
Back in August, Ruby Re-Usable had the pleasure of visiting the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, where she enjoyed seeing Women Only: Folk Art by Female Hands, The Private Collection of Henry Darger, Perspectives: Setting the … Continue reading →
When Ruby Re-Usable arrived in the Pacific Northwest way back in 1982, she was delighted to discover Viewland/Hoffman Substation, a Seattle public art project that included art created from recycled materials by Emil and Vera Gehrke. The Gehrkes made whirligigs … Continue reading →
Pink Rabbit by Loran Scruggs In the spirit of the season, this month’s recycled art rabbit references an Halloween treat: candy! But not just any candy; Loran Scruggs made her Pink Rabbit out of a recycled Brown and Haley Almond … Continue reading →
After seeing our cigarette butt bunny post, Tony Hall contacted ODD about his late father, Jack Hall, who created musical instruments from spent match sticks while he was a seaman in the Merchant Navy back in the 1930’s. Not only … Continue reading →
pic borrowed from Art by Heather Ruby Re-Usable once visited Dick and Jane’s Spot in Ellensburg, WA, but never actually met Dick and Jane. She had heard and read a lot about them, had seen Richard “Dick” Elliott’s work in … Continue reading →
