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Curbside Object Status Tags

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on March 5, 2014 by RubyJuly 23, 2015

We here at Olympia Dumpster Divers love to receive mail*, especially packages via the USPS (FedEx and UPS do not deliver to us).  So we were thrilled when we received a special package from our new friend in trash, Sarah … Continue reading →

Posted in Curbside Object Status Tags, trash stories, Uncategorized | Tagged Curbside Object Status Tags, free pile, recycle, reuse, trash stories | Leave a reply

Happy Hearts Day

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on February 13, 2014 by RubyFebruary 13, 2014

We here at Olympia Dumpster Divers <3 handmade, reused hearty art: Take a peek at Ruby Re-Usable’s Recycled Heart Art gallery on flickr Check out these 50 Recycled and Repurposed Valentines  Jennifer Kuhns recycled glass mosaic heart … Continue reading →

Posted in plastic bag art, Uncategorized, Valentine's Day | Tagged handmade, Heart, recycle art, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, Valentine | Leave a reply

Have a Trash-free New Year

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on December 31, 2013 by RubyJanuary 1, 2014

Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne? Still our favorite art from recycled materials blog: Art for Housewives And still our favorite trash blog: everydaytrash More Favorites: Lady … Continue reading →

Posted in holidays, New Year, recycled art, recycled artists, Uncategorized | Tagged art, recycle, recycle art, recycled, recycled art, reuse, trash-free holidays | Leave a reply

This Re-Usable Life: New Jersey

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on August 28, 2013 by RubyAugust 28, 2013

Ruby Re-Usable made a pilgrimage back to her home state this summer, and while she did not get to check out all of the weird, wonderful, artsy and trashy sites of New Jersey, she did get to briefly visit the … Continue reading →

Posted in New Jersey, recycled building, salvage and surplus, Uncategorized, wood | Tagged art, Hurricane Sandy, memorial, New Jersey, recycle art, recycled, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, salvage, unique, upcycle art | 2 Replies

Aurora Robson’s environmental art

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on July 29, 2013 by RubyJuly 29, 2013

The otherworldly art of Aurora Robson: Aurora Robson: The Great Indoors At Rice University Art Gallery, New York artist Aurora Robson recycles 15,000 plastic bottles into one spectacular, room-sized work of art called The Great Indoors. Visitors enter the gallery through … Continue reading →

Posted in Aurora Robson, NYC, plastic bottles, re-art installations, recycled artists, recycled sculpture, sculptors, Uncategorized | Tagged art, Aurora Robson, awesome, plastic bottles, recycle art, repurpose, reuse | Leave a reply

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on June 18, 2013 by RubyJune 19, 2013

Ruby Re-Usable has been reusing plastic bags in her art work since 1999 (Wonder Bread bags since 2000).  In 2004 she was commissioned by the City of Olympia to create a piece of art that would be used as the … Continue reading →

Posted in art dolls, eco-issues, folk art, Olympia Arts Walk, Olympia WA, plastic bag art, Uncategorized | Tagged art, art dolls, Olympia, plastic, plastic bags, protest art, recycle, recycle art, recycled, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, upcycle art, WA, Washington, Wonder Bread | Leave a reply

Mavericks with Magnificent Marita

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on May 24, 2013 by RubyMay 24, 2013

Marita Dingus and Ruby Re-Usable worked with all of the 7th graders  at McClure Middle School in Seattle for 3 days (5/15 – 5/17/2013) to create “mavericks” (the school mascot) out of discarded plastic stuff which they attached with telephone … Continue reading →

Posted in Marita Dingus, plastic, recycled art ed, Seattle, Uncategorized | Tagged art, art in the schools, education, environmental education, Marita Dingus, plastic, recycle, recycle art, recycled, recycled art, reuse, Seattle, WA, Washington | 2 Replies

Art from Food Scraps

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on February 4, 2013 by RubyFebruary 5, 2013

One of the recycled materials that we don’t post about very often is food/food scraps.  According to American Wasteland author Jonathan Bloom, Americans waste more than 40 percent of the food we produce for consumption.  Composting is one way to … Continue reading →

Posted in baskets, Bellevue WA, Everett WA, food scraps, Uncategorized | Tagged art, basket, Bellevue, food scraps, recycle, recycle art, recycled, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, tea pot, unique, upcycle art, Washington | Leave a reply

‘Opala Art in Hawai’i

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on December 28, 2012 by RubyDecember 28, 2012

Aloha!  While on vacation on the Big Island of Hawai’i, Ruby Re-Usable saw some art made from ‘opala (Hawaiian for trash): We went to Studio 7 Fine Arts Gallery and got a tour of Donkey Mill Art Center in Holualoa, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hawaii, recycled art, recycled art shows, Robin Worley, trash art, trash fashion, Uncategorized | Tagged "haute trash", art, Hawaii, recycle, recycle art, recycled, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, trash fashion, trashion, ukulele, upcycle art | Leave a reply

Landfill Harmonic

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on December 27, 2012 by RubyDecember 27, 2012

Landfill Harmonic film teaser on Vimeo on Vimeo via Landfill Harmonic film teaser on Vimeo. … Continue reading →

Posted in dumpster art, dumpster diving, eco-issues, musical recycled art, Uncategorized | Tagged art, education, empowerment, Landfill Harmonic Documentary, music, musical instruments, Paraguay, recycle, recycled, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, visionary, youth | Leave a reply

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