Marita and Ruby pose in front of Recycled Child (detail) by Marita Dingus Ruby Re-Usable and Second-hand Sid journeyed up north to visit our friend and recycled art queen Marita Dingus, who was teaching one of her mixed recycled media … Continue reading →
Dan Schreiber of Centralia’s The Chronicle visited with our favorite visionary artist Richard Tracy, aka Rich Art, recently. Ruby read about it in The Olympian, but Dan also produced a great video of Rich Art that not only follows him … Continue reading →
Olympia artist Larissa Podzaline has created a small grove of trees out of recycled books and other repurposed materials for the City of Olympia’s HERE TODAY 2009 temporary art installations. We just love the way she created dogwood flowers out … Continue reading →
Diane Kurzyna, aka Ruby Re-Usable, just finished installing Another White Trash Wedding at the Tacoma Contemporary Urban Art Installation Windows at the old Woolworth’s building in downtown Tacoma, WA. It is on view 24 hours a day, 7 days a … Continue reading →
Have we ever told you who our all-time favorite recycled artist is? American artist Alexander Calder created his circus out of wine corks and fabric scraps and wire and other junk. It is one of Ruby Re-Usable’s favorite pieces of … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable first found the recycled art of Virginia Fleck when she was searching for artists who reuse plastic bags, but Virginia, being a true dumpster diving recycled artist, also uses aluminum pop top pull tabs and other junk to … Continue reading →
In this episode of This Re-Usable Life, we visit an amazing installation created from castoffs by Richard Tracy, aka Rich Art, in Centralia, WA. Ruby Re-Usable has been venturing the 1/2 hour south to Centralia many times since moving to … Continue reading →
In this installment of This Re-Usable Life, we go to Australia, where Ruby has never been in person, to discover how the folks down under do recycled art: part one: what can you do with a can? Sir Reginald Junksworth … Continue reading →
Nek Chand – Creative rebel, recycling genius, or just your typical mosaic artist with a touch of OCD? Read more about one of Olympia Dumpster Divers all-time favorite sculptor/doll maker/visionary HERE “Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century” is the … Continue reading →
“Altruism Generator: What Goes Around Comes Around” is a kinetic recycled art installation by Olympia Dumpster Diver Bil Fleming. He worked with a class of 4th and 5th graders from Lincoln School, along with some Evergreen State College students, to … Continue reading →
