Pencils made from recycled newspaper

Gerry Mak Reader Find

By Gerry Mak in New Eco on Monday 23 August 2010

The problem with awesome things like these pencils made out of recycled newspaper is that you almost don’t want to use them.

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Yuken Teruya’s shopping bag and toilet paper art

Kira Heuer Reader Find

By Kira Heuer in New Art on Tuesday 27 July 2010

Artist Yuken Teruya creates stunning tree sculptures out of shopping bags and toilet paper rolls. By using Tiffany, Paul Smith, and fast food shopping bags, he reminds us that we are in a state of consumer over-indulgence, using up natural resources and need to reconnect to nature. Transforming these bags into the magical world that he creates inspires one to run for the nearest forest and take a little walk, spending time with the real thing.

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Nari Ward

Gerry Mak Reader Find

By Gerry Mak in New Art on Monday 26 April 2010

Conceptual artist Nari Ward’s usage of found and re-purposed material focuses less on the narrative of their discarding and instead plays on the ways shapes, scale, and materiality affect our understanding of various tangible as well as intellectual and abstract relationships between objects, institutions, and ideas.

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Recycled skateboard art

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By Casper Johansson in New Eco on Thursday 22 April 2010

Japanese designers Harumaki and Hirosher began creating jewelry back in 2003 but have since shifted their energies towards using recycled skateboard decks to shape their striking artwork.

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Gabriel Dishaw’s Junk Art

Casper Johansson Reader Find

By Casper Johansson in New Art on Tuesday 1 September 2009

This design by Gabriel Dishaw is an original creation constructed from little more than old junk such as adding machines, typewriters, and computer parts bound together using wire.

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Milk Gone Bad

Derrick Stembridge Reader Find

By Derrick Stembridge in New Art on Wednesday 11 June 2008

Two different artistic experiences come together in this project. Anatomicfactory’s objects meet Bombo’s illustrations, giving us food for thought on the ambiguity of products that often have a hidden second nature.

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