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Steve Jensen’s Art Boats

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on July 28, 2014 by RubyJuly 30, 2014

Last Friday, Olympia Dumpster Divers attended the Percival Landing sculpture exhibit kick off party here in Olympia, WA.  It was a lovely little reception at the Harbor House, where chips and dips and non-alcoholic beverages were served and ballots passed … Continue reading →

Posted in Olympia WA, recycled art, recycled sculpture, sculptors, Steve Jensen, Uncategorized | Tagged art, funerary, Olympia, recycled, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, sculpture, Seattle, symbolic, upcycle art, Viking boat, WA, Washington | 4 Replies

Oly Arts Walk: recycle art review

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on April 27, 2014 by RubyApril 28, 2014

Well, the weather for the Spring Olympia Arts Walk weekend was cold and damp mixed with rain and a little hail and then some rainbows, the usual Northwest fickle spring … not very conducive for wandering around admiring art.  However, … Continue reading →

Posted in baskets, Earth Day, Olympia Arts Walk, Olympia WA, recycled art shows, recycled artists, Uncategorized | Tagged art, Matter Gallery, Olympia, recycle, repurpose, reuse, trashion, unique, upcycle art, WA, Washington | Leave a reply

Olympia Earth Day Arts Walk

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on April 25, 2014 by RubyApril 25, 2014

Happy Oly Arts Walk!  Olympia Arts Walk brings out the creativity in our citizens, and every year more folks are working with trash/recycled materials to make amazing art.  Here is a preview: Thurston County solid waste educator Carrie Ziegler and … Continue reading →

Posted in Olympia Arts Walk, Olympia WA, re-art installations, recycled art ed, recycled art shows, Uncategorized | Tagged art, Olympia, plastic bags, recycle, recycle art, recycled art, repurpose, reuse, unique, Washington | Leave a reply

SUSTAINING: group art show

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on April 2, 2014 by RubyJuly 28, 2014

We are so honored to be part of this environmentally-themed group art show: SUSTAINING opening on April 3 for downtown Seattle’s First Thursday Art Walk, 6 pm – 8 pm, at Abmeyer + Wood (right across the street from Seattle Art … Continue reading →

Posted in Marita Dingus, recycled art shows, Seattle, Steve Jensen, Uncategorized | Tagged art, recycle art, Seattle, WA, Washington, Wonder Bread | Leave a reply

Buster Simpson at the Frye

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on September 30, 2013 by RubySeptember 30, 2013

Buster Simpson has a retrospective of his work at the Frye Art Museum.  We went to Seattle to see  Buster Simpson/Surveyor twice; if you can not make it to the Frye (hurry, the show closes October 13, but it is FREE), you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Buster Simpson, eco-issues, environmental education, Seattle, Uncategorized, Washington State | Tagged art, Buster Simpson, education, Frye Art Museum, genius, recycle art, unique, Washington | 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

Earth Day Recycled Art Dolls

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on April 26, 2013 by RubyApril 26, 2013

April seems to be one of the busiest months for Olympia Dumpster Divers.  We, of course, believe that every day is Earth Day, but it is still nice to have special events that celebrate reducing, reusing, recycling, et al.  The … Continue reading →

Posted in art dolls, Olympia Arts Walk, Olympia WA, Uncategorized | Tagged art, bottle dolls, education, Olympia, recycle art, recycled art, repurpose, upcycle art, WA, Washington | Leave a reply

Ries Niemi’s Dumpster Art

Ruby Re-Usable Posted on March 13, 2013 by RubyMarch 13, 2013

Artists use a myriad of materials from a variety of sources, including, of course, dumpsters.  Check out this booklet by Ries Niemi, which he made for the Chamber Music exhibit at the  Frye Art Museum: … the book is actually not … Continue reading →

Posted in dumpster art, dumpster diving, trash art installation, Uncategorized | Tagged dumpster, recycle, recycle art, recycled, recycled art, WA, Washington | Leave a reply

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

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