Image by Tiffany Threadgould One of my favorite places to find unique upcycled projects is Unconsumption, a Tumblr blog run by a small volunteer team that’s dedicated to creative re-use. They’ve recently embarked on a very interesting effort to build an Unconsumption brand – they’ve released their logo under Creative Commons license, and are asking […]
Artist David Wasserman painstakingly cuts shapes from tin cans, soda cans and other metal packaging, then nails them to plywood to create detailed art pieces. This portrait of an immigrant family makes beautiful use of rust. From the artist’s website: “Around the turn of the 20th century, immigrants were said to believe that the streets […]
We editors and authors here on CRAFT have been oohing and awing over these cute Little Leftover Note Cards. Kristin Roach over at Craft Leftovers has done an amazing job with her step-by-step how-to; she makes these elegant cards look easy-peasy to make. I’m now thinking of all the odds and ends I have in […]
Unconsumption points us to artist, Jennifer Cantwell, who creates cool crochet doilies from old cassette tape. This piece of work is made as a response to the feelings I get when I see a piece of work that’s taken many hours and has now been discarded or an album thats been listened to over and […]
This denim ball from Joel of Made by Joel is a cool way to reuse scraps of denim fabric. And while it’s showcased as a toy for kids, I think the construction could also be use for creating a really cool throw pillow.
Artist Sandhi Schimmel Gold creates these stunning pop art portraits from junk mail. My work reflects our society’s obsession with beauty through advertising – and the endless images that bombard us daily. It is a purposeful intermix of images derived from advertising and thousands of incongruent pieces – images and text – from advertising that […]
Artist Idan Friedman painstakingly embossed faces from his everyday life into disposable aluminum pans. [via MAKE]
