When Ruby Re-Usable isn’t busy teaching the art of recycling or in the studio doing her upcycled art thing, she is wandering around with the digital camera her generous friend Jan gave her, admiring the non-commissioned public art of Oly … 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 →
Don’t Throw This Valentine Away was the title of the pic that was in the Seattle P-I on Valentine’s Day, when our favorite recycled materials artist Marita Dingus showed Donna Amira’s art class at Dunlap Elementary School in south … Continue reading →
Olympia Dumpster Divers doesn’t love trash, we love the creative ways folks have found to reuse trash: Nolasalvage creates heart picture frames and other crafty things out of recycled wood, salvaged metal, mardi gras beads, junk jewelry, buttons, and sometimes … Continue reading →
Okay, we know that technically it is year of the Rat, specifically, the Earth Rat (FYI, Ruby Re-Usable is an Earth Dog), but since Olympia Dumpster Divers tend to be collectors of junk, we can relate to those rodents that … Continue reading →
Attention all Washingtonian artists who upcycle, recycle, repurpose, recreate, or otherwise use tossed and found objects to create art: The Seattle Re-Store has a call out for the 6th Annual Recycled Art and Fashion Show, which will be happening in … Continue reading →
The Visible Trash Society, founded by that white trashionista Little Shiva, is about conspicuous consumption redefined. It is trashy good fun and educational, too, NOT just another green shopping blog (we do support sustainable and environmentally conscious artists and businesses, … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable has been busy making new friends and finding upcycle artists via her new Flickr and Etsy accounts: Virginia Fleck makes amazing wall-sized mandalas from sections of used plastic shopping bags; she also runs a teen service organization called … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable hoards the little pull tab on aluminum cans and sometimes uses them in her artwork, but she tends to toss the rest into the recycling bin (or saves them for Second-Hand Sid, who gets cash for them somewhere). … Continue reading →
Alice at Aluminous Publishing likes Ruby Re-Usable’s masks made from plastic milk jugs; check out Aluminous Publishing’s list of other interesting Recycled Art and Artists. Gaza Bowen is an artist who created sculptural shoes (some from recycled materials, like the … Continue reading →
