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Category Archives: plastic bottles

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

Summer Shows in Seattle

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on August 28, 2014 by RubyAugust 28, 2014

Seattle has a lot of artists who work with recycled materials.  One of our all-time favorites,  Ross Palmer Beecher, has been making art out of recycled materials since 1980, yet she continues to inspire us with her ingenuity, craftsmanship, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara De Pirro, plastic bottles, recycled art quilts, recycled tin, Ross Palmer Beecher, Seattle, Tacoma WA, Uncategorized | Tagged art, plastic bottles, recycled art, Seattle, tin art, Washington | Leave a reply

Aurora Robson’s environmental art

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on July 29, 2013 by RubyJuly 29, 2013

The otherworldly art of Aurora Robson: Aurora Robson: The Great Indoors At Rice University Art Gallery, New York artist Aurora Robson recycles 15,000 plastic bottles into one spectacular, room-sized work of art called The Great Indoors. Visitors enter the gallery through … Continue reading →

Posted in Aurora Robson, NYC, plastic bottles, re-art installations, recycled artists, recycled sculpture, sculptors, Uncategorized | Tagged art, Aurora Robson, awesome, plastic bottles, recycle art, repurpose, reuse | Leave a reply

Day of the Dead skeletons from recycled materials

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on October 25, 2011 by RubyOctober 28, 2015

Sometimes we here at Olympia Dumpster Divers are suckers for the kitschy, arts & craftsy stuff, especially around Halloween.  These skeletons made from reused plastic jugs are just that kind of fun holiday decoration that we get a kick out … Continue reading →

Posted in art dolls, Green Halloween, Halloween, plastic bottles, Uncategorized | Tagged art, Day of the Dead, Halloween, recycle, recycle art, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, skeleton | Leave a reply

Happy Mother’s Day 2011

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on May 7, 2011 by RubyMay 25, 2011

  This yiddishe mamele is Portrait of the Artist as a Jewish Mother by Ruby Re-Usable, made out of reused materials, including a plastic dishwashing detergent bottle (Planet brand), a spray paint cap, plastic forks, straws, plastic bag for a … Continue reading →

Posted in art dolls, plastic bottles, Uncategorized

Year of the Rabbit

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on February 3, 2011 by RubyFebruary 19, 2011

Happy Year of the (recycled art) Rabbit! Furry Rabbit fur coat recycling in Berlin, pic by neozoon  PET bottle bunny in Sydney,pic by dryasadingo for some reason we posted a year’s worth of recycled art rabbits during the year of … Continue reading →

Posted in plastic bottles, recycled art, recycled art rabbits, Uncategorized

Merry Trashmas 2010

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on December 20, 2010 by RubyJanuary 15, 2011

  Christmas tree made from plastic bottles (photo borrowed from creativityrecycled, more info HERE) Our friend Urban Woodswalker sent us this pic of a colorful tree made from plastic bottles, which inspired Olympia Dumpster Divers to search for more examples … Continue reading →

Posted in plastic bottles, recycled holidays, Uncategorized

Recycled Bottle Art

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on April 5, 2010 by RubyApril 30, 2010

Our friend Marita was all excited about the big bottle man at the Seattle Art Museum, and so yesterday Ruby went to SAM to see for herself what Marita was raving about: Jerry Pethick’s Le Semeur/Sunlight and Flies, 1984/2002 is … Continue reading →

Posted in art dolls, plastic bottles, recycled artists, Seattle, Uncategorized

May Recycled Art Rabbit

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on May 26, 2009 by RubyJune 18, 2009

Big Rabbits made from recycled plastic bottles by Cracking Art Group: six international artists that intend to change art history through both a strong social and environmental commitment and the revolutionary and innovative use of different plastic materials that evoke … Continue reading →

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The Plight of Plastic

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on August 30, 2008 by RubySeptember 23, 2008

We stole recycled the title of this post from Regina Hackett, who blogged about plastic bags in art on Art to Go; we were so disappointed that RH did not mention Ruby Re-Usable’s plastic bag sculptures (sigh). Ruby will debut … Continue reading →

Posted in plastic bag art, plastic bottles, recycled sculpture, Uncategorized

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