Quilling Designs for Recycled Paper Jewelry

Italian Architect and Artist from Quilly Paper Design uses paper to make jewelry earrings, bracelets and necklaces.  The method she uses to shape the paper is called Quilling.  Quilling is an art form that uses a number strips of paper rolled up to accomplish a more complex design.  As you may have guessed we have not been able to discover the name of this artist, but what we have been able to find out is that, all her creations are made from recycled paper and that the attraction for this form of art, started when she bought a book for her little girl, that explained how to create quilling designs.

Recycled Container House

To me this project shows how, scarcely utilised a potential asset like shipping containers are.  Yes there are small scale projects here and there that use containers, once they have reached the end of the life as maritime freight, but mainstream Architecture and Engineering have not really embraced these cheap building blocks to their full potential.  Architect Benjamin Garcia Saxe constructed a home in San Jose, Costa Rica, which was very inexpensive compared to traditional buildings, that allowed the owners to live debt free, without having to compromise with design and functionality.  The house allows for spectacular views thanks to the amount of glass used.

Recycled Wooden Planks Used to Draw Animals

Beautiful Drawings using interesting backgrounds that would otherwise be thrown out.

Steampunk Jewelry from Recycled Watches and Bullets

Nicholas Hrabowski started his business when, having always loved skeleton watches, he decided to buy for himself, a pair of watch movement cufflinks.  When he realised that, what was out there was not to his taste, he made them for himself.  Hrabowski has now made a business out of it, with many different variations in design.  Hrabowski uses all sorts of recycled parts, from watch cases and movements to bullets to create these very unique Steampunk Jewelry pieces.

A Second Life for Recycled Book Sculpting

Long-Bin Chen is able to carve, out of date books, newspapers, magazines and computer paper, into what looks from afar, like a marble of wooden sculpture.  This is just a very small part of the tons of paper that go to waste every year.  Making art out of refuse should not be seen as a solution to the problem of waste, but as an indication that these materials still have a value, a use after their primary life is over.  As a second life, that these lovely sculptures, express only part, of their potential. If production of paper can't be helped, at least we can put it to good use, after we are finished, with one of its uses.

Large Interactive Recycled Wooden Sculptures

Thomas Dambo is an Artist and Designer, based in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Together with his team, they scour the city to find any items that have been thrown away, that could be used to construct furniture or big art exhibits.  Today we are going to have a look at his larger sculptures.  Below are more of his creations, plus two videos, the fist, telling us a bit more about Dambo's inspiration and how he goes about procuring the materials, he needs for his works.  The second shows a time lapse video of one of his sculptures.

Animals Sculptured with Recycled and Upcycled Metal

The following statement from British Artist and Upcycle + Recycle Sculptor Alan Williams, goes a long way to explaining how he started in his craft, "I started making things when I was a young lad using old toys and a tube of glue. Now it's grinders and welders".  Amazing talent is needed to visualise a form, an animal, in most of the cases below and then using pre-shaped recycled metals to build and give them life.  We have added detailed pictures so that you can appreciate the artistry that went into these beautifully proportioned creatures.

Recycled Animal and Insect Sculptures

Bulgarian Sculptor Dimitar Valchev collects all sorts of metals that are destined for the landfill or the recycle pile, from cutlery, pans, springs, watch mechanisms and so much more.  He concentrates his beautiful artworks on animals, insects and abstract sculptures.  We have added below an animation of one of Valchev's sculptures the "Flea" to show you a bit more of the various metals that form these impressive forms.

Recycled Cutlery Sculptures

In these Sculptures Gary Hovey marries his love for Welding & Sculpting with his love for Wildlife.  In his work he uses Knifes, Forks and Spoons to get the lines he needs to bring these metal animals to life.  He uses old discarded cutlery because, it is plentiful and comes in colourful a varied assortment of patterns.  Hovey was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1994 and has been battling with it since, producing and showing his work, acts as a form of therapy.  To get a better view of the details, once in the article you can enlarge the image by pressing it (not the first one).  Enjoy...

Recycled Animal Sculptures

British Artist and Sculptor Dean Patman expresses his love for Art and Animals by sculpting them with discarded / Recycled items he finds around.  Originally started a Scientific Illustration course at Uni he switched for a more Artistic one, graduating in Graphic Design.

If you like this have a look at Sculpture Recycled Folder.

Recycled and Upcycled Steampunk Sculptures

Arturas Tamasauskas is a Lithuanian Artist that likes to get bits an pieces of discarded items like, watches cutlery, shells, car parts, piping and many many more... recycling and upcycling them to make these lovely little sculptures.  Where most people would see a piece of junk that should either go into the recycle pile or the bin, Tamasauskas sees a part to his newest sculpture.  By all accounts birds are the sculptures he most likes to represent due to their particular physiology.  See if you can identify all of the components that form these imaginative sculptures, it is amazing when you really look at the detail.

Recycled DVD Sculptures

Very talented, Australian multi discipline Artist, Sean Edward Avery is a writer and illustrator of children's books, graphic designer and sculptor.
We have chosen to focus on his DVD sculptures, for which he uses Recycled DVD shards, wire mesh, glue and paint on some of them. He takes commissions, if you want a personal sculpture from him, have a look at his site for prices.  Enjoy.
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Painting on Recycled and Obsolete Technological Materials

London based Artist Nick Gentry, constructs his canvas using: 35mm film negatives, VHS cassettes, X-ray prints, and floppy discs.  The assembly is not a random one, he has an idea of the image he is going to paint and he carefully positions his materials to create, contours, shades of light and dark, that are going to form part, of his painted piece.  He receives his materials from the public, who send him the items listed above, with a small description of what they contain.  The video below goes into more detail regarding his technique.

Architecture of the Recycled, Reclaimed and Local, Hut on Stilts

Japanese Architect Nozomi Nakabayashi, grew up in Tokyo, Japan where she was inspired by the way people interacted with architecture.  The Hut on Stilts was a group collaboration with a design and build team consisting of her, Mark Torrens, Elizabeth Cunningham, Marco Bencivenga, Jack Hawker, James Stubbs, Federico Forestiero, Manvir Hansra, with photos by Henrietta Williams.  The small timber construction was completed in February 2015.  The hut is meant to be, a quiet retreat from the city for the client, who is a writer.  The elevated construction is to be a place for relaxation and inspiration.  Below are the materials used:

Dioramas with Paper Cutouts in Recycled Containers

A lot of artists create their art, and then look for a something to enclose and display it.  Not this one, he finds ready made, recycled containers and then produces his art inside it.

Recycled Sculpture Wildlife

We have featured a lot of Sculptures derived from Recycled items, but the craftsmanship and details, Edouard Martinet demonstrates in these wonderful pieces, shows off what an incredible artist he is.  One of the things we really appreciate on this site, that very few artist do, is to list the items they use for their recycled sculptures, in our opinion it really adds to the finish product.  All the pieces are fastened together using tiny screws no soldering.  Have a look at the video for more information about Martinet and his process.  Which is your favourite one?  Let us know at the bottom in the comment section.  To get the best effect, once in the article you can enlarge the image by pressing it (not the first one).

Architecture with the Recycled A-frame Gum Tree Lodge

This lovely cosy house is rented, so you cold spend a weekend or more, in this timbre frame delight.

Recycled Shipping Containers Home

A great example of what can be done with recycled shipping containers.

Animal Drawings on Recycled Wooden Planks

An artist that uses recycled wood to create her animal drawings.

Zentangle Drawings on Recycled Vintage Book Pages

Exploring this new form of art and how artists, are adapting it to make it stand out, by injecting their own vision of it.