The Seattle ReStore’s 7th Annual Recycled Art and Fashion Show opens on Saturday, April 11 at Blowing Sands Gallery during the Ballard Arts Walk, 6pm – 9pm. Since Ruby Re-Usable had the honor to once again be one of the … Continue reading →
April’s recycled art rabbit is made from repurposed plastic Wonderbread bags by Ruby Re-Usable … Continue reading →
The Watertruck (detail) 2009 by Nancy Peterfreund April is like Earth Month, and that means lots of recycled/green/eco-oriented art shows happening. We missed the opening of the Earth Day 2009 juried art show at Phinney Center Gallery in Seattle, which … Continue reading →
This amazing recycled art quilt is currently part of the exhibit Finds Refined at Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Washington, USA, March 14 – June 14, 2009 Ross Palmer Beecher: Tumbling Block Quilt II Finds Refined is … Continue reading →
After seeing our cigarette butt bunny post, Tony Hall contacted ODD about his late father, Jack Hall, who created musical instruments from spent match sticks while he was a seaman in the Merchant Navy back in the 1930’s. Not only … Continue reading →
Diane Kurzyna, aka Ruby Re-Usable, just finished installing Another White Trash Wedding at the Tacoma Contemporary Urban Art Installation Windows at the old Woolworth’s building in downtown Tacoma, WA. It is on view 24 hours a day, 7 days a … Continue reading →
Now most of the time Ruby Re-Usable wants to show you recycled art that goes BEYOND egg cartons and cardboard toilet paper tubes, but those materials are ubiquitous and can be reused in creative ways: Japanese artist Yuken Teruya creates … Continue reading →
Isn’t this bunny cute? Well, yeah, it DOES reek a bit … New England artist Tom Deininger created this rabbit out of the cigarette butts that he picked up from beach parking lots. This is an example of how Recycled … Continue reading →
Regina Hackett at Art To Go got the scoop (but why she titled her post Two Seattle Chandeliers when the artists in question are both from Tacoma makes me want to remind everyone everywhere that Seattle is NOT the only … Continue reading →
Leave No Plastic Behind (deadline March 15, 2009) Seattle ReStore Recycled Art and Fashion Show (deadline March 17, 2009) Waste Not Want Not recycled art show at Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort (deadline April 1, 2009) Smart Art ‘Trash Into Treasure’ … Continue reading →
