Check out the recycled art mandalas by Brad Skubinna now on exhibit at Francine Seders Gallery in Seattle. Plastic junk can be so repulsive and yet so compelling; Skubinna’s careful arrangements remind me yet again how obsessive/compulsive artists that work … Continue reading →
This just popped into our in-box, we have no more info yet, but sounds interesting: Creative Turbine is seeking artists in the Pacific Northwest that are involved with recycling for a documentary about reusing materials in a creative way; more … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable is sending some recycled art to Staten Island to be re-imagined Dada-style, and there is still time for you to participate, too (via Day de Dada): Do you have extra art that you’re not using? Maybe you have … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable has been blogging about This Re-Usable Life since July 13, 2006. Olympia Dumpster Divers was originally started as a way to document Ruby’s “HERE TODAY” City of Olympia downtown temporary art installation project, Ephemeral Folks, which featured four … Continue reading →
We here at Olympia Dumpster Divers are always happy when art made from throwaway and/or recyclable materials is mentioned in the media in a positive way; we especially like to celebrate recycled art from the Pacific Northwest. So when the … Continue reading →
Star Spangled Red White and Blue Bunny by Ruby Re-Usable, repurposed plastic bags, reused bubble wrap, and tape, 2009 Despite trying to remember to bring reusable bags to the grocery store, those plastic bags seem to reproduce like rabbits in … Continue reading →
For the past two weeks, Ruby Re-Usable has been working in Tacoma as the guest artist at the Museum of Glass Education Studio, where we reused old magazines and construction paper scraps to make recycled art doll puppets. Check out … Continue reading →
Seen at the Tacoma Art Museum‘s studio art jewelry display case: Toxicomanie (Drug Addiction), 1992, by Verena Sieber-Fuchs, is made with recycled plastic blister packaging for pharmaceuticals and nylon monofiliament Currently hanging at Cast Off Art Lab in Olympia, Washington: … Continue reading →
Behold this month’s recycled art rabbit, made from horse dung: Then-New York City Mayor Giuliani had just spoken out against an elephant dung-encrusted sculpture of the Virgin Mary, and “we were laughing about how all the shock art today is … Continue reading →
Episode 5 of Leave No Plastic Behind: Plastic Quilt Project is opening this Friday, June 5, at S.C.R.A.P Gallery in Portland, OR; more info HERE Ruby Re-Usable crocheted this square (use your imagination: it is kind of square) for the … Continue reading →
