Pink Rabbit by Loran Scruggs In the spirit of the season, this month’s recycled art rabbit references an Halloween treat: candy! But not just any candy; Loran Scruggs made her Pink Rabbit out of a recycled Brown and Haley Almond … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable has a plastic bag baby doll included in the beautiful new book Who’s Your Dada? redefining the doll through mixed media by Linda and Opie O’Brien, check it out, get inspired, and learn how to make your own … Continue reading →
Tonight is the biannual Arts Walk here in Olympia, when downtown becomes a party with art and music and street performances. And of course, the Olympia Dumpster Divers will be there, with art work on display at various venues, including … Continue reading →
This month’s Recycled Art Rabbit will be built using recycled materials, as well as solar panels and a rain collection system: Macau Pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo … 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 →
Ruby has been working on a white trash/repurposed plastic bag dress, trying to get it done for J2F Thankfully, there is still time to enter Portland’s Junk to Funk Recycled Fashion Show Contest; Trashion Edutainment for the Masses deadline is … Continue reading →
Kuros Zahedi by Lele Barnett Ruby Re-Usable will NOT make it up north to see Kerfuffle: The Uneasy Relationship Between Humanity and the Environment at Bumbershoot in Seattle; Michael Upchurch writes “This isn’t agitprop “” this is fun, with a … Continue reading →
While Olympia Dumpster Divers joined other bloggers to celebrate Decorative Dumpster Day on May 1, we believe that dumpsters should be decorated and celebrated every day. So imagine our joy when Regina at Another Bouncing Ball recently posted about dumpsters … Continue reading →
Jumping Jack Rabbits, Batman! This month, Ruby’s repurposed bunnies will be in the good company of over 40 other Leporidae-inspired artists at Two Vaults Gallery in Tacoma for Rabbitual, a group show with rabbitude. Opening this Thursday through September 12, … Continue reading →
Some recycled art history: Ruby Re-Usable’s first and only experience with a Tony Cragg piece was at the Portland Art Museum in 2002; made from grey and white bits of plastic stuff (including the lid from a film canister and … Continue reading →
