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Marita Dingus: “Hanging from the Rafters” at BIMA

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on May 31, 2016 by RubyMay 31, 2016

It is always amazing and inspiring to see what Marita Dingus is up to in her studio; last summer, I got a sneak preview of the 27 foot figure she was creating for the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art: Finally got to … Continue reading →

Posted in art dolls, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Marita Dingus, re-art installations, Uncategorized | Tagged art, art dolls, Marita Dingus, recycle art, Washington | Leave a reply

Happy Earth Day 2016

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on April 22, 2016 by RubyApril 22, 2016

At Olympia Dumpster Divers, we, of course, believe every day is Earth Day, but we do appreciate the officially designated holiday as a way to emphasize and celebrate the love for Mother Earth. Here in Olympia, Washington, USA, there is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth Day, Nancy Judd, Olympia Arts Walk, Portland OR, re-art installations, Seattle, trash fashion, Uncategorized | Tagged Earth Day, trash fashion | Leave a reply

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

Guerrilla Recycled Art in Olympia

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on June 24, 2014 by RubyJune 24, 2014

Olympia Dumpster Divers first read about Guerrilla Man in The Weekly Volcano (Hanging with the Mysterious Artist Guerrilla Man) back in November 2013. The Volcano named his work “Best Guerrilla Art” in Olympia 2014.  Then King 5 Evening News Magazine followed … Continue reading →

Posted in graffiti and street art, Olympia WA, re-art installations, Uncategorized | Tagged art, guerrilla art, Olympia, recycle art, recycled, sculpture, WA | 1 Reply

Olympia Earth Day Arts Walk

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on April 25, 2014 by RubyApril 25, 2014

Happy Oly Arts Walk!  Olympia Arts Walk brings out the creativity in our citizens, and every year more folks are working with trash/recycled materials to make amazing art.  Here is a preview: Thurston County solid waste educator Carrie Ziegler and … Continue reading →

Posted in Olympia Arts Walk, Olympia WA, re-art installations, recycled art ed, recycled art shows, Uncategorized | Tagged art, Olympia, plastic bags, recycle, recycle art, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, unique, 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 →

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(Recycled)Art at Work in Tacoma: Holly Senn

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on November 9, 2010 by RubyDecember 4, 2010

     Tacoma artist Holly A. Senn is a sculptor and installation artist. She “explores the life cycle of ideas–the organic process in which thoughts have a genesis and then are disseminated, forgotten or referenced.”  A part-time virtual  reference librarian … Continue reading →

Posted in Holly Senn, re-art installations, recycled artists, recycled paper art, recycled sculpture, Tacoma WA, Uncategorized

Barbara De Pirro: vortex plastica

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on October 6, 2010 by RubyDecember 4, 2010

Shelton Dumpster Diver Barbara De Pirro creates biomorphic spheres by crocheting repurposed plastic bags, then arranging these pods in intriguing settings that mimic nature in unsettling ways.  Her most recent installation, vortex plastica, opens October 9, 2010 at 912 Broadway … Continue reading →

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Recycled Art in Asbury Park

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on September 20, 2010 by RubyOctober 20, 2010

Last month, our dumpster diving friend in New Jersey, Wanda Wastenot, took us on a tour of thrifts stores, rummage sales, art galleries and public art installations in the Asbury Park area. We bought a full-sized New Jersey state flag … Continue reading →

Posted in New Jersey, re-art installations, street art, Uncategorized

Trash Art in Seattle

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on June 18, 2010 by RubyJuly 13, 2010

Dumpster Divers Evan Blackwell and Anne Baumgartner are the first 2 artists participating in the The Fremont Vacant Space Exhibition, an ongoing series aimed at utilizing vacant storefronts in Fremont for art installations in-between tenants: Cabinet of Consumerosities by Evan … Continue reading →

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