ReUse Artists

http://www.renkrn8.com.au/html/recycled_sculpture.html
Very cool Sculpture and a great web site.

http://www.janetcooperdesigns.com/pendants.shtml
Please click on this link I promised her years ago I would have her link on our site. Somebody let her know we finally did it!

http://www.rebound-designs.com/purses.htm
Purses made from books! Too Cool!

http://www.laurabeamer.com/
Bottle caps and vinyl records make great jewelry.

http://www.johndahlsen.com/thumbs/plastic_bags.html
Environmental artist who uses plastic bags as well as other discarded items.

http://www.alexandromeda.com/
Very cool futuristic art from recycled material.

http://www.christyfisherstudio.com/trashion.htm
Pop cans and glass become pop art with class in the Trashion line of recycled jewelry.

http://www.sandiego.gov/environmental-services/recycling/dtrartists04.shtml
2004 Dare to Reuse artists and artwork from San Diego.

http://www.funksculp.com/
Freeman Loughridge - Giving new life to "History's Discarded Objects".

http://members.dcsi.net.au/collinchaos/index.htm
Laurie Collins junk sculpture from Australia.

http://www.powersville.net/junkyard/index/junk.html
"Jim Powers of Gage, Oklahoma creates Giant Insects, Buffaloes, Life-Size Elephants and Dinosaurs out of scap metal from junk cars!"

http://kbsculpture.com/
Local Artist from the San Francisco Bay Area! Great junk sculpture!

http://www.kimbas.com/Sculptures.htm
Junk and Jewels.

http://www.mikekendall.com/
Welded sand forged steel sculpture Benecia Calif.

http://www.thisintothat.com/
Art furniture extending the shelflife of books. Jim Rosenau Berkeley, Calif.

http://www.brianakaufman.com/
Unusual musical and magical instruments made from forks and spoons. Briana Kaufman.

http://www.artwork.com/sculpture/loisanderson/index.html
Lois Anderson

http://www.aluminouspublishing.com/recycled_art.php
This site has a great list of links on recycled artists.

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Articles About Trash Art
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sfmetro/09.96/garbage-96-9.html

Garden Junk Art
http://www.pathtofreedom.com/pathproject/photogallery/pic_junk.htm
Collection of photos of garden junk art. See also Garden Web forum.

Bottle Cap Art
http://www.philiplamb.com/Bottle.html

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/s/t/stm134/table.html
Bottlecap mosaic table.
http://www.kempa.com/blog/archives/000124.html
Chronicles the technique used for this bottlecap mosaic.

http://www.zuzu.org/skelly.html
Bottlecap folk art including snakes from bottlecaps.

Packing Foam Art
http://hotwirefoamfactory.com/products/customer/gallery/2_artfr.htm

Music From Trash
http://www.junkmusic.org/junkmusic/home.html
Donald Knaack (aka The Junkman) travels to the beat of a different drummer. As a conservatory-trained percussionist who has been a member of the Louisville Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic and a studio percussionist and drummer in the studios of Hollywood, he now exclusively composes-for and performs-on junk and recycled materials.

http://www.geocities.com/painless47/waste/index.htm
Making music from trash.

Buy Recycled Art!
http://www.arteco.com/
Products using recycled high tech and electronic components.

http://homepage.mac.com/gabyraymond/jewelry/
Jewelry from bike parts.

Trashy Fashion Links
The Dumpster Diversion Project fashion foto album (link)

http://www.hautetrash.org/
Can they put on a show! The Dumpster Diva actually traveled to Grass Valley to see their amazing & fun show! The Dumpster Diversion Project was thrilled when they came to the EPA trashy fashion show in November 04! Totally original creations by very cool people!

http://waitakere.govt.nz/ArtCul/ae/trashtofashion/index.asp
The New Zealand Trash to Fashion Show.

http://www.nmrecycle.org/pulp_fashion.htm
Check out Nancy Judd's creations! The dumpster Diva is proud to have been in a show with Nancy at the NRC convention held in San Francisco in 2004.

http://www.zuss.com/
What they can do with inner tubes is amazing!

http://www.stylinzine.com/linda.htm
Another trashy fashion designer.

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