All of the ensembles that sashayed down the Seattle RE Store’s Trash Fashion Show catwalk were remarkable in their own trashy way, but the one that took everyone’s breath away truly was this one: A Marriage of Inconvenience by Alotta … Continue reading →
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 →
There were so many fantabulous frocks floating down the runway the other week at the Seattle RE Store Trash Fashion Show, we really wish we could have gotten a closer look at them all. We also relish the creative recycling … Continue reading →
Happy Earth Day! Carmen Miranda Design by Remixa Plastique, photo by Michael Cline The Seattle RE Store’s two sold-out Trash Fashion Shows were truly trashtastic: twenty nine designers/design teams with twenty one models presented over thirty four ensembles made … Continue reading →
Last weekend, Olympia Dumpster Divers traveled up north to see the Seattle RE Store’s Recycled Art Show at the Blowing Sands Gallery in Ballard. You can read a really good recap of that show HERE and see pics from the … Continue reading →
Yield (on wall) and Repose (chair) by Chris Burton Blowing Sands Glass Studio in Ballard hosts the Seattle RE Store’s 10th annual Recycled Art Show, a juried show of Pacific Northwest art and functional design created from reclaimed, salvaged, and … Continue reading →
Okay, Steve Jensen is not usually on the list of artists in Seattle who work with recycled materials — he prefers naturally felled wood — but he was on the jury with Ruby for the Seattle RE Store’s Recycled Art … Continue reading →
curator Barbara Shaiman, artists Marita Dingus and Merrily Tompkins So! Not only did we go up north to admire the transformative art of Nick Cave at SAM last week, but we also attended the opening of Transformation(s) at the Seattle … Continue reading →
Ruby met up with Marita to see Meet Me at the Center of the Universe, the exuberant exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum featuring the soundsuits of artist Nick Cave. Cave utilizes recycled materials/thrift store finds, including doilies, crocheted afghans, … Continue reading →
It’s baaaaaaaacccccccckkk! The Seattle RE Store’s Recycled Art Show is happening at Blowing Sands Gallery in Ballard April 9 – May 7, 2011; the Trash Fashion Show will be at the New York Fashion Academy in Ballard on Saturday, April … Continue reading →
