artist Ruby Re-Usable and gallery owner Jo Gallaugher at Matter Check it out: Matter Gallery owner Jo Gallaugher and artists Bil Fleming, George Kurzman, Pat Tassoni and Ruby Re-Usable talk about their recycle art with Ed Muir on Northwest Postcard … Continue reading →
saw this on Wooster Collective and just had to share: Together with Ekologi Brez Meja (ocistimo.si), Lukatarina and Eco Vitae we collected 40.000 used plastic bags and 7.500 used plastic cups from 12 kindergartens, 21 primary schools, 4 high schools … Continue reading →
We here at Olympia Dumpster Divers would like to wish everyone a Trash Free New Year while sharing some of our favorite trash blogs: That trashy Little Shiva got 86’d at the Centre Pompidou for wearing this dress and mask … Continue reading →
Christmas tree made from plastic bottles (photo borrowed from creativityrecycled, more info HERE) Our friend Urban Woodswalker sent us this pic of a colorful tree made from plastic bottles, which inspired Olympia Dumpster Divers to search for more examples … Continue reading →
For the last night of Hanukkah, a post of some Hanukkah-related items made from trash and other recycled materials: Origami Dreidel made with a Seven-Up label by Dr Mom The Green Candelabrum by Stil Novo Design Eco friendly menorah made … Continue reading →
Happy Trashgiving from Olympia Dumpster Divers: Recycle Earth Angel by Ruby Re-Usable This angel is made out of a plastic take-out bag, plastic lids, and other junk; it now sits on top of the X-mas tree at Matter Gallery, along … Continue reading →
Tacoma artist Holly A. Senn is a sculptor and installation artist. She “explores the life cycle of ideas–the organic process in which thoughts have a genesis and then are disseminated, forgotten or referenced.” A part-time virtual reference librarian … Continue reading →
Ruby Re-Usable and Second-hand Sid stopped by Eastside Big Tom for milkshakes, and stayed to admire the Halloween decorations that owner Mike Fritsch has created. Mike proudly informed Ms Re-Usable that he is a recycler and a scrounger, gathering his … Continue reading →
Whoppers by Kelly Lyles Ruby Re-Usable and Rachel Recycle went to West Seattle last week for the opening of our friend Kelly Lyles‘ art show, Candyland, at Twilight Gallery. Kelly created 50 small “candy portrait” acrylic paintings for this … Continue reading →
Shelton Dumpster Diver Barbara De Pirro creates biomorphic spheres by crocheting repurposed plastic bags, then arranging these pods in intriguing settings that mimic nature in unsettling ways. Her most recent installation, vortex plastica, opens October 9, 2010 at 912 Broadway … Continue reading →
