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Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

July 3rd, 2008

Artist Profile: Carol Tanzi

Unravel the Mystery - it’s Pandora’s Box
The Goddess of Garbage by Carol A. Tanzi, ASID, CID
Her work is creative, imaginary, and forward thinking. Its beginnings were rooted in a new way to approach recycling to help save our environment and natural resources. The name Goddess of Garbage was thought up by one of her […]

By Cyndi -- 1 comment

October 3rd, 2007

Hubcap Creations

Hubcap Creations is amazing…or is that are amazing? Never mind…each one is fantastic!

From the artist:
Hubcap creatures are made entirely from re-cycled materials. All the hubcaps are found, usually on the side of the road, and therefore bear the scars of their previous lives in the form of scratches and abrasions. I believe these marks […]

By Cyndi -- 2 comments

April 20th, 2007

Extraordinary student work with aluminum cans!

Michelle is an art teacher with a 9th grade class of artistic geniuses! They have been working on sculpture projects, using aluminun cans, and when they saw the post here about aluminum can art, some of them wanted to share the work that they’ve been doing. And I’m so glad that they did! […]

By Cyndi -- 18 comments

April 4th, 2007

Don’t throw out anything! Aluminum cans this time…

If you’ve collected a load of soda cans from your last party, take a look at this site before you decide to return them for the measly deposit! Recycle them instead.

Aluminous Publishing presents electronic books and galleries full of creative ideas!
Tags: aluminum-cans, Assemblage, metal-art, recycling

By Cyndi -- 4 comments

February 1st, 2007

Call for entries: the Whiplash challenge

Whipup.net is sponsoring a recycling challenge: Make something that utilises pre-used/pre-loved/trash/junk/waste items! That’s easy if you follow my blog at all, because you’ve learned NOT TO THROW ANYTHING OUT!! LOL!!
The #1 rule - your handcrafted item must utilise at least 90% recycled materials, and this can include pretty much anything.
The contest is open from February […]

By Cyndi -- 2 comments