Upcycle

  • Is this a painting?

    Have a closer look on Korean artist work Kim Yong Soo…. See? This is not a painting but installations made out of electronic circuits, semi-conductors, wires, acrylic cement, and yet they are not as clearly visible. Just have a look on the details….. Amazing, isn’t it? (via: randommization)

  • Art from Trash

    “We produce trash, are born from trash, and will turn back into trash” is a famous saying by great artist HA Schult. Born on June 24, 1939 in Parchim, Mecklenburg, Schult is a German conceptual artist. He studied art at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf from 1958 to 1961. Since 1996 “Trash People”, Xanten, Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Cairo,…

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    Por Ella Bottella

    As a part of the course of 2011 digital fabrication in the pontificia universidad católica del perú (PUCP) the  students jessica alvarez, monica bazo, daniela beraun, miguel chavez, alejandro ciudad, karel van oordt, alexander wiegering developed with teachers felipe ferrer and peter seinfeld  an installation that is the intersection between hi-tech and low-tech technology. The…

  • The lilliputian lamp

    How can a lamp made out of 20,273,260 dentist cups be a Lilliputian one? Well, quite easily. The Liliputian lamp is a fine example of upcycling. Or else how to transform abundant quantity of waste material into work of art! It  is estimated that a dentist uses 12 rinse cups a day which adds up…

  • Manga Miniature Gardens

    Manga Farming planter is really a piece of art. Japanese artist Koshi Kawachi recycles old comic books into miniature vegetable pots. Just plant  your seeds onto your favorite book page and wait.   Just like Jack and the Beanstalk, your seeds will blossom showing you that recycling’s limit is the sky!   Via: inhabitat, Koshi Kawachi

  • Works of nature

    Rachel Denny  is an artist from Portlant. What Rachel does, is to explore the nature’s seductive beauty and how this is been affected by human intervention. Her solo exhibition at Foster/White Gallery consists of a series of sculptures of animals that have been transformed by the textures and colors of human wastes.   via: junk-cuclture  …

  • A Phonebook dress

    It is one of the most beautiful and elegant dresses that I have ever seen, so I decided to share it with you. If you don’t know the material that was made from, I think it is difficult to understand what exactly is. Of course the creation demands a lot patience and work in detail……