Art from recycled materials

Do your bit for the environment—and your wallet—by making your own Christmas crafts from recycled materials instead of going out to buy something new. Sure, it is the season to be jolly, but it’s also the season to be frugal and mindful of all the trash we create!

Waste is an environmental issue that is fast rising in the society. Instead of littering waste after use, let’s show you 29 foods and drink container design that you can make out of these wastes.

Large sculpture of a redshank made by Michelle Reader from reclaimed materials, for the Love London Sculpture Show at London Wetland Centre.

From Trash to Fine Art: We Explore Recycled Material Art at 2 Museums and get inspired! :: PragmaticMom

Found recyclable materials become art in the 3rd annual Recyclable Art Competition.

Established in 2000 in New York, Sundaram Tagore Gallery represents established and emerging contemporary artists from around the world. We specialize in work that is aesthetically and intellectually rigorous, infused with humanism and art historically significant. Our artists produce paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations with a strong emphasis on materiality. The gallery also has a robust photography program that includes some of the world’s most noted photographers.

A broken CD isn't much good to anyone. Unless you're Sean Avery that is. Because while most of us would just throw them in the trash, the South Africa-born, Australia-based artist turns them into various dazzling animal sculptures. He makes them by gluing CD shards to wire mesh frames shaped like different animals, and as you can see from his iridescent animal kingdom, there seems to be no limit to the types of creatures he can create.

In this amazing Girl with A Pearl Earring made with buttons, the artist has used a collection of buttons to replicate Vermeer's classic.