Sayaka Kajita Ganz is an artist born in Japan.
What she does, is to sellect objects that have been used and discarded.
Then she creates sculptures. All made from plastic utensils, toys and metal pieces.
Trash art or not, artists prefer to transfrom potential garbage into cool representations of creatures. Artists prefer recycling.
The Argentine National Institute for Industrial Technology (INTI) is taking an interesting alternative approach in natural dyes for textiles: they’re experimenting with the extraction of pigments from agricultural waste and its conservation in dust form.They’ve already tested 20 different materials, and are very excited about peanut shells. The experiments are being carried away by the Chemical Department…
Bench of Thought (Banco del Pensamiento) created by Spanish Alvaro Tamarit. The designer has collected and repurposed old books into an ergonomic chair. The structure is based on wood with built in wheels so it can easily moved around. Tamarit has completed a series of objects through the process of creative recycling. Can’t wait…
Making products that can be quickly disassembled for easier recycling is an important part of green design, and this wooden lamp by Daniel Garcia Sanchez is a good example of this. The parts in the picture above constitute the whole lamp, which requires no glues or screws of any kind to put together. The lamp was…
Need a cheap and upcycled solution for storage? Have a look on what Thomas did out of 40 big plastic bottles he found in a container! Easy and perfect! via
Julia Barello is an artist who uses both dyed xray film and MRI film to create installations and jewelries. Using the upcycling mentality, Julia is turning old films into new objects. A vibrant, alive, unique work. As the artist says, “It’s important to me that they are pictures of people. The film is a metaphor…
Normally, you would discard them…. But, from now on, you will have a second thought on it. Bottle caps are becoming your new diamonds! So, Yoav Kotik has succeeded to have a double benefit. On the one had he protects the environment and on the other hand he creates new jewelries. Great idea… Join it……
