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Egyptian Vulture From Recycled Household Plastics
I saw the magnificent Egyptian Vulture during a trip to Spain & wanted to do something to help promote the teams working to protect the birds: The Vulture Conservation Foundation. An impressive...
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Upcycling Backgammon Stones into Necklace
A unique necklace made of upcycled black Backgammon stones with decorative red and white glass beads. With matching earrings it makes one beautiful set of jewelry which can be combined well with...
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Upcycling Plastic Bottles into Wire Sculptures - The Art of Phantom
All my works are made exclusively from upcycling plastic bottles reworked by thermoforming. It's a simple and accessible technique that I have adapted to produce light, precise and aerial parts with...
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Christmas Ornaments From Old Books
Late 2018, my daughter had a school assignment for recycling and began researching any examples of discarded books being used. Eventually, it was right here in the south we discovered bits and pieces...
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14 Ways To Reuse Old Bricks In Your Garden
Whether you are looking to repair an old garden wall, refurbish a shed or garage, or you want to create a garden feature that is in keeping with the rest of your garden décor, reclaimed bricks are the...
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The Art of Recycling: Transform Trash Into Pieces of Art
There is a growing consciousness towards how and what we dispose of as trash every day of our lives. The world is starting to become a difficult place to live as we collect more and more waste, not...
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New Life for My Garden Coffee Table
In our house, we are avid recyclers and separate the rubbish. I also pick up PET bottles and aluminum cans whenever I take the dog for a walk (see 'Dog walkers clean streets' on FB). All plastic...
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Handmade Minion Figurines
This sculpture named "Minionka" was made out of recycled secondary material. Materials used: CO2 tank parts of cars parts of various types of machinery and equipment. All materials were cleaned by...
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Faithful Samurai of Cheech & Chong Dynasty
Inspired by objects I've collected from a turn of the century dumpsite, located on our property, and a trip to Meow Wolf, I am having the time of my life turning rusty old crap - as my husband likes...
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Wizard of Oz: Sculptures from Recycled Cell Phones
I made these sculptures named "Wizard of Oz" out from recycled electronic parts from a computer and recycled cell phones. I have made many other characters and professions. Read Wizard of Oz:...
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Cushion Made of Lonely Socks
So many lonely socks... where does the other sock go? :) Don't throw away your lonely or worn out socks. Make a cushion with them. I'll show you in this article how to do it. Materials needed: 6...
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The Optic Reader Robot
I built this mini robot which will be perfect for a desk decoration from an old DVD player. I used the optic reader as the center part of the robot and used other spare parts of the DVD player for the...
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Recycled Cardboard Wasp Nest Pot
This wasp nest pot was made back in 2015 out of recycled corrugated cardboard, glue, and varnish. It's 19cm high. I resorted to gluing dry pieces of cardboard together*. As the place I was renting at...
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Aliens in the Forest
A sad but intriguing story of discarded electronic components who clone themselves then flee to the forest to avoid recycling. Well, things got slow at work where I assemble electronics so I started...
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Recycled Fence From Discarded Fence Boards
The old white picket fence around our corner lot had rotted away and though we considered just removing it, we ultimately decided we wanted a new fence. We looked at some cheap fencing ideas and we...
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Large Recycled Cardboard Vases
To build these cardboard vases, I used recycled cardboard, glue, and varnish and experimental techniques. Cardboard and tinted plaster of Paris and varnish. Both partly inspired by rough handicraft...
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Front Hub Pendant Light
We've built this front hub pendant light out of recycled bike parts. Front hub characteristics: Black or silver front hub. Black socket. 18 black or silver stainless steel spokes. Black or silver...
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Envelopes From Old Book Covers
When you are a part of a society where you need to give something on every occasion, it should be wrapped in some artistic envelope and why not make it with old book covers? I have made several...
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Freewheel Pendant Light
We've built this front hub pendant light out of recycled bike parts. Freewheel characteristics: Freewheel hubBlack socket.18 tooth single freewheel cog.18 stainless steel spokes.Choice of nipple...
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Tea Boxes Becomes Lamps
I'm always looking for vintage patterns and I scale them to the scale of the box to stick them on and give the box this vintage effect. This what we call upcycling. But, what is Upcycling? Recycling...
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