Trash art after school club- sculpture

 

Upcycled art using bottle caps

Nora and I created some upcycled art this week
We used bottle caps, plastic gems, and buttons. 

Nora chose feathers as well. She figured out that placing the feathers around a button made them look like flowers. She was so proud of her 'flowers'. 

Because we have a very small apartment, we usually just place a tarp down on the floor and get to work. We often find cheap canvases at the thrift store and repaint them one color in order to reuse them. 

Close up of caps. 

View from above. 

Latest paper collages

My latest collages.........click on the images to be taken directly to my online art store.

I love these Fiskars squeeze punchers...I must have about 20 of them.....every time we get unwanted mail I sit down with my kids and punch out amazing shapes from our unwanted mail and unsolicited catalogues.

Handmade gift I made a family friend....

Here is a gift I made for a family friend. I bought a good quality flat frame from the thrift store and decoupaged recycled magazine papers cut into squares for the mosaic tiles. I then used glitter puffy paint to outline the letters better.

New Bracelets and Upcycled Gift Boxes

I've been trying to create up-cycled gift boxes to ship my bracelets in when they are ordered. This one is from a strawberry container......will look great with a rafia ribbon.

This is a hand soap box.....
This is a band-aide box...perfect for my bold 2" bangles..
New bangle. To be directed to my Etsy store where you can buy it click on the images below.


another new bangle.

UP-Cycled Bracelets I Made This Week.....more to come...

Created some upcycled bracelets this weekend.....LOTS of fun.....Will make tons more in the next few days.....I thought to better fit my style I would make more politically inspired bracelets. Click on the images to go to my store to purchase these.

I think words in bracelets make them much more fun.....

Here's an attempt at a punk rock bracelet......LOL

Trying out an idea.....

I love making art from recycled materials. At my mom's she has a basketful of unwanted mail just waiting to be turned into a treasure. I created this abstract piece from magazine pages and a piece of firm cardboard.

Begin by rolling paper in all kinds of ways....thin, wide, small, chunky, tight curls, loose curls...

Once you have about 40 rolls, I spread glue on on the board.....ran out of modge podge...

Begin placing circles in the composition of your choice.

Done...but still needs to dry.
Dried out and much stronger this morning.
Will look great on a wall.

Recycled paper doll...

I saw a tutorial online about how to make recycled paper dolls.....this is what my final doll looks like.......I am very happy about it.

You begin by blending shredded newspaper, and water in a blender to create pulp...

Drain the pulp and begin forming the body parts...

Takes a couple of days for the pieces to dry. Before they were set to dry, I used a sharp tool to create holes in the legs, arms and twice on the torso.

When dry......use colorful wire to connect all the moving parts.
Paint the whole body
Sew a skirt from leftover fabric.
Form wings and crown from coated benadable wire.
The wings being glued on.
and VOILA!!!