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Category Archives: plastic bag art

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Plastic Bottles, Caps, and Bags: Recycle Art Installations of Barbara De Pirro

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on August 30, 2015 by RubyAugust 30, 2015

Our friend Barbara De Pirro has been busy working on her labor-intensive recycle art installations all over the Pacific Northwest. The amount of plastic bottles, plastic caps, and plastic bags that she crochets, weaves, staples, and strings together to create … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara De Pirro, plastic, plastic bag art, plastic bottles, re-art installations, Uncategorized | Tagged art, plastic, recycle art, sculpture, Washington | Leave a reply

Drastic Plastic – YouTube

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on January 7, 2015 by RubyJanuary 7, 2015

A catchy little theme song for all of us on the Ban the Bag Wagon: Drastic Plastic – YouTube. … Continue reading →

Posted in Leave No Plastic Behind, plastic bag art | Tagged plastic bags, protest art | Leave a reply

Happy Hearts Day

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on February 13, 2014 by RubyFebruary 13, 2014

We here at Olympia Dumpster Divers <3 handmade, reused hearty art: Take a peek at Ruby Re-Usable’s Recycled Heart Art gallery on flickr Check out these 50 Recycled and Repurposed Valentines  Jennifer Kuhns recycled glass mosaic heart … Continue reading →

Posted in plastic bag art, Uncategorized, Valentine's Day | Tagged handmade, Heart, recycle art, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, Valentine | Leave a reply

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on June 18, 2013 by RubyJune 19, 2013

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 →

Posted in art dolls, eco-issues, folk art, Olympia Arts Walk, Olympia WA, plastic bag art, Uncategorized | Tagged art, art dolls, Olympia, plastic, plastic bags, protest art, recycle, recycle art, recycled, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, upcycle art, WA, Washington, Wonder Bread | Leave a reply

Khalil Chishtee

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on January 27, 2013 by RubyJanuary 27, 2013

Just discovered Khalil Chishtee‘s compelling plastic bag sculptures: Khalil Chishtee is a Pakistani artist that uses trash bags to form and mold life. The sculpture“™s poses of emotions release and brings out a connecting value that together allows our souls … Continue reading →

Posted in plastic bag art, recycled sculpture, sculptors, Uncategorized | Tagged art, plastic, plastic bag art, plastic bags, protest art, recycle, recycle art, recycled, recycled art, repurpose, trash bag art | 2 Replies

Wonder Bread Bag Art

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on November 28, 2012 by RubyNovember 28, 2012

Ruby Re-Usable has reused Wonder Bread bags in her mixed recycled media dolls and sculptures since 2000, when her then ten year old son, who was raised on whole wheat and tofu, demanded red meat and white bread. While her … Continue reading →

Posted in art dolls, plastic bag art, Uncategorized | Tagged art, plastic, plastic bags, recycle art, recycled, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, trash fashion, unique, upcycle art, Wonder Bread | 1 Reply

Trash Fashion Futures

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on June 12, 2012 by RubyJuly 22, 2015

Ruby Re-Usable and Lana Landfill (aka Stuart Gullstrand) were part of an outrageous trash fashion event in Seattle:  Trash Fashion Futures was a two evening showcase of the very best of the west coast trash fashion movement, where trashionistas were … Continue reading →

Posted in plastic, plastic bag art, Seattle, Stuart Gullstrand, trash fashion, Uncategorized | Tagged "haute trash", "Trash Fashion Futures", art, dumpster, fashion, plastic, recycle, recycle art, recycled, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, Seattle, trash fashion, trashion, unique, WA, Washington | 1 Reply

Trash Fashion ’11 Recap Part III: Ruby Salutes the Red, White & Blue

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on April 27, 2011 by RubyFebruary 7, 2014

Continuing our recap of the Seattle RE Store’s 10th Annual Trash Fashion Show, we now present Ruby Re-Usable‘s Salute to the Red, White and Blue:  Ruby Salutes the Red, White and Blue by Ruby Re-Usable, photo by John Cornicello The … Continue reading →

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Plastic Bag Monster of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on January 13, 2011 by RubyFebruary 4, 2011

saw this on Wooster Collective and just had to share: Together with Ekologi Brez Meja (ocistimo.si), Lukatarina and Eco Vitae we collected 40.000 used plastic bags and 7.500 used plastic cups from 12 kindergartens, 21 primary schools, 4 high schools … Continue reading →

Posted in plastic bag art, Slovenia, street art, Uncategorized

Happy Trashgiving

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on November 27, 2010 by RubyDecember 8, 2010

 Happy Trashgiving from Olympia Dumpster Divers:  Recycle Earth Angel by Ruby Re-Usable This angel is made out of a plastic take-out bag, plastic lids, and other junk; it now sits on top of the X-mas tree at Matter Gallery,  along … Continue reading →

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