The Art of Recycling

Collecting objects that would normally be thrown away and converting them into art, has long been a favourite technique of many artists.
This practice is now much more widespread, and with the growing awareness of the urgent need to reduce, reuse and recycle, art from recycled goods now has a more politicized nature to it. It is often used to campaign for the conservation of resources, that underpins the whole call for recycling.
From the long running children's TV show 'Blue Peter', that taught us how to make spaceships and cybernauts from our mothers discarded kitchen roll tube, to the stark message of writer Ted Hughes' book 'The Iron Man', where a creature is assembled from waste metals and scrap materials, the message has been drilled home to most of us of the sixties generation: be creative, but change our wasteful habits.
Examples of Art Made From Waste
Browsing some catalogues of recent worldwide exhibitions, and doing an online search, we found some of the following examples:Getting Immersed in Waste, Creatively
It’s wonderful to experience how much fun it is to create art and objects from everyday waste.Start by taking a class at your local college or community centre, perhaps in paper-making, or a general craft-making session, or buy a readily available book that teaches you how to do it.
The only problem is, you'll need to create lots of space for all the waste you would usually throw away – by keeping it in order to make things with it, you'll soon realise just how much gets chucked out on a daily basis. But by going ahead and being creative with your waste – cardboard, plastic bags, packaging, materials, or paper perhaps, you'll be making something beautiful and educational to show off and get everyone you know recycling creatively too!
Business Energy With a Difference
If you are looking for business energy or need advanced solutions like remote energy monitoring, new supplies, downgrading or upgrading capacity, have a no obligation chat with Purely Energy.
To find our more get in touch here. or call 0161 521 3400.
- Are Plastic Bags Always a Bad Thing?
- CSI Dustbin: The World of Forensic Waste
- Recycling, Personal Information and Identity Theft
- How To Recycle Used Gas Canisters
- China Goes Green in Recycling Effort
- Recycling PC's and Protecting Your Data
- Recycling at Christmas
- Purchasing Power
- The Anthropology of Rubbish and Recycling
- Eco-Schools
- Ways to Reduce Packaging and Household Waste
- Educating About Recycling
- Recycling Sewage: Heat from Dung
- Recycling Around The World
- Generating Power From Waste
- The Art of Recycling