Olympia: ODD member Bil “Bricoleur” Fleming was interviewed by enpen on OlyBlog, read it HERE. Dumpster: Seattle’s recycling success written up in the NY Times. Divers: Our favorite eco-oriented photographer Chris Jordan is featured at TreeHugger. Chris lives in Seattle … Continue reading →
Isn’t that nice? Fellow NorthWest Designer Craftsmen member Bonnie Tarses tagged me for a Nice Award: “This award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those … Continue reading →
Olympia lucked out with the weather for Fall Arts Walk! Spent most of the evening at Cast Off Art Studio with Jenny Macc‘s wonderful wearables, the amazing recycled paper collages of Nora Walsh, and of course, sculpture from repurposed materials … Continue reading →
Cheryl Lohrmann and her boyfriend Justin stopped by Cast Off Studio last Sunday to video tape Ruby Re-Usable for the Leave No Plastic Behind reality-based art project. We had fun wandering around Olympia, visiting the Well, the Wall, the Martin … Continue reading →
One of our favorite Olympia Dumpster Divers, Bil “The Recycling Bicyclist/Found-It-Along-the-Freeway” Fleming, has an installation at the Capitol Theater. Ruby Re-Usable and friends will be checking it out this Saturday, September 29, at 4 pm. Read more about Bil here. … Continue reading →
Shared breakfast with Anne K-G at Otto’s on Monday: Anne commissioned Ruby Re-Usable to create these alphabet letters for her new cousins. The letters are made from cardboard, then wrapped in leftover ribbons and decorated with lots of colorful junk, … Continue reading →
Well, Jessica Corey-Butler came by Cast Off Art Studio the other day to chat with Ruby Re-Usable; you can read about it in this week’s Volcano here. Just a few clarifications: I really do go around with a black garbage … Continue reading →
Betty B stopped by on Tuesday and decided to take home a plastic bag and tape baby that has a smiley face with “Have a Nice Day” printed in red across the chest. Isn’t that nice? Ruby Re-Usable will have … Continue reading →
Olympia Dumpster Divers are gearing up for the City of Olympia’s fall Arts Walk, Friday, October 5, 2007. Cast Off Art Studio will host guest artist Nora Walsh, who creates intricate collages out of carefully cut recycled papers, including paper … Continue reading →
Jason “enpen” Taellious has created a slide show for Ruby Re-Usable’s HERE TODAY project, which you can view here. Meet the models for the tape sculptures, and see downtown Olympia through an artist’s eyes; more about HERE TODAY here. Ms … Continue reading →
