#Recycled Art

[steampunktendencies]

Typewriter key Peacock by french artist Thierry Gall

[moldspace]

extremely cool news - i'm one of the designers in meow wolf denver's first fashion show!!! this get up is based on whale falls and ocean trash, and made up of entirely secondhand materials - many of which i actually picked up as litter. super excited to get to attend the show and see this piece walk in it later this month!!!

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Very cool Godzilla made out of old tires.

[hollow-forest-creations]

Grocery Bag Tail Tutorial!

Buckle up, this is a long one lol! Also please mind any typo's. We're very dyslexic.

(Note: While I feel this craft can be relatively straight forward and repetitive once you get in the rhythm, still be prepared for this to take a several hours to complete)

Step 1:

thread a long piece of thread on a needle to roughly the length you want your tail to be. (A little bit of extra length is always good. This can be trimmed later.)

Step 2:

Measure out a 5"x5" (127mm x 127mm) square template out of paper, (This will roughly end up being the width the tail is around.) then fold it in half.

Step 3:

Cut the bag into a rectangle shape, preferably not including the label for a solid color. (Or leave it, that's up to you!) (Also, I like to save the access trims from the bag for other projects)

(Hint: If you paint a light wash of acrylic paint on the bag at this step you can change the color of the tail ;3 )

Step 4:

Fold the rectangle once vertically, and once horizontally.

Step 5:

Cut along 3 of the folded sides but NOT the side where they are all attached! (This is so it remains one solid piece) Fold It back out and it should have cleaner edges. (Once again I like to keep the trimmings for use in other projects.)

Step 6:

Fold the rectangle towards you and roughly to the size of the folded paper template (see step 2) Trim three edges; the one closest you you, and the side edges. NOT the top!

Step 7:

Hold the bag in the middle of the non-cut side and cut strips into the CUT sides of the bag. (it should end up looking like the second picture)

Congrats! You're over half way! Keep it up, you got this!

Step 8:

GENTLY pull each piece apart and lay them out. if done correctly up to this point, they should look like the image above. Repeat steps 3-8 until you have a decent amount of these. (You should make around 10-15 of these before moving on to the next step.)

Step 9:

Pile each of the squares on top of each other, then thread them through the center once one way and then back close to the center a second time. Make sure to leave some extra thread. (See the second image.) (Don't string it back through the same hole or it wont hold.)

Step 10:

Tie a double knot with the end of the thread and the other part of the thread still attached to the needle.

Step 11:

Trim the access from the side not attached to the needle. (Do NOT cut the thread attached to the needle! (It should look roughly like the second image.)

Step 12:

Tie a piece of string to the thread and double knot it. Trim extra. (this will help bulk it uses so you wont need to make nearly as many squares.)

One more step!

Step 13:

Slide the knot down to the the end where the bags are, then string another square.

Continue this process of alternating tying a knot of string and adding a plastic square until you are satisfied with the length! Simply tie it off at the end when you're done! (trimming at the end for shaping the tail can help too)

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If anyone makes this and wants to post it, please tag us! we'd love to see! This method can most likely be used with other materials as well so get creative!

Also:

-Let us know if anyone finds a way to improve on how to make these more efficiently.

-If anyone has any questions about the tutorial, please let us know in the comments, and we'll try my best to answer. -Max

[coloursoflovelustlife]

This happened to the "wild thing":

COSMIC FLOWER

50x70 cm

[available]

[monikahmakes]

Fiddling around. Layered trimmings from carving down "stones" made of recycled paper and paint.

[miamaimania]

Reimagining Vision: Cyrus Kabiru's Striking Portraits with Recycled Eyewear

[heartnosekid]

recycled glass succulent by sandandfireworks on ig

[victorianvampyr]

I got a whole lotta projects lined up. I just need the time and money to actually do them.

Anyway, here’s a partial deer pelt I collected from a roadkill doe. Tanned and stretched out on a thrifted wardrobe mirror frame. I really like how it turned out, now if only I had the wall space to actually display it…

[elinekeit-artstuff]

Turned a broken spinning top into a lil witch hat cause why not

[themightythornicus]

It’s finally completed! I’m so excited!!

[steampunktendencies]

This rocking chair made from an old sewing machine is really cool!

[moldspace]

i don't know how many of you folks on tumblr are anywhere near me, but in the off-chance any of you are close to denver and have a free tuesday afternoon next month, i will be leading a crafting workshop at meow wolf this april! which is a crazy thing to say!!!! we'll be making recycled trash critters like the beautiful beasties above in preparation/celebration of MW's 2nd ever recycled fashion show which i am also a designer in! wow!!!

[mcromwell]

The Art Critter is so helpful...

[tilbageidanmark]

Guillermo Galetti, an Argentine Artist, Transforms Scrap Metal Into Unique Sculpture

[coloursoflovelustlife]

Oh yes, better call it

DOOM

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