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Eccentric Eco Friendly Shoe-Crafting

Cathy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:00:46 +0000

I am sitting here with 4 pairs of tennis shoes, with no tread, ripped and torn. As much I love them, it is time for them to go away. So What to Do? We have blogged on biodegradable Shoes, Chopstick FlipFlops, The FlipFlop Project, Nike Shoe Reuse Program.

I just Gotta Eco Ya:

Sneakers are a compilation of different natural and synthetic compounds and will have travelled farther than we will walk in them before we ever take them home.
The leather comes from Texas — but it may be tanned in South Korea and then stitched together in Indonesia.
Before they’re even out of the box, they’re likely to have travelled 20,000 miles.
The average women owns 19 Pair of Shoes (Source)
Scarced Diverted a TOTAL of 76,962 pairs of gym shoes from landfills. Of those, 57,706 pairs of shoes were recycled with Nike’s Resuse-A-Shoe Program and SCARCE donated 19,256 pairs of gently-used shoes to worthy local organizations, such as PADS in Glen Ellyn or the Midwest Shelter of Homeless Veterans.

Starting with Nike’s Junk Shoe

Air Max Junk Art Shoe

From Gabriel Dishaw,

Reused Computer Sneaker Art

Lets not forget the thousands of pounds of keyboards in landfills

Cardboard shoes have been around for a couple hundred years.

O'Brian Cardboard Shoes

First we Have PaperFlops, flip flops made from recycled Newspapers

Not to be outdone Check out the living Flip Flops

Yashim Kusa Shoes

Jethro Haynes Shoe Art

Frederico Uribe Puma Shoe Show was credited with Puma Shoes and Laces

Tons of old bikes that can be reused: Make a Sneaker Bike

Arkitipintel Sneaker Bike

Concrete Sneakers can be used for doorstops, gardens and bookends.

I Have Pop

Tons of used carpets are put in landfills every year. Why not reuse carpet and put a little cush into your shoes?

Stylin Rooms

Source: theshoebuff.com- Tai Snaith Cow Hide Flattened Shoe Tapestry

Jean Shin Recycled Shoe Art 2004

Edible Shoes

Praspaliauskas

This might be a little hard to trod in, but fun! Upcycled Shoe Chair (can’t find source)

Shoe Chair

This is fun, upcycled Shoe Purse Happy Day Vintage

Shoe Purse

Getting Old, Reuse those High Heels: Etsy

Photo: worldatlas.com-Shoes on display in Festplassen represent 100 years of Norwegian efforts to help plant flowers and trees in Africa, by sending countless plants and seeds. Florists and greenhouse owners from around Norway gathered in Bergen for a ceremony honoring that century-long project

Camila Labra's Dacca Boots made from upcycled bags

Lego Shoes

When your kids out grow the Legos- Make Lego Shoes

Star Wars Fans can make their won Adidas Sculpture.

Aartist Freehand ProfitPhoto: shoelala.ca

Shoe Art Show

Puma is known for their Eco Friendliness Check out the Recycled Puma Shoe Dress

Photo: Trendhunter: Remade in Chile and focuses on recycling old Puma sneakers into works of art.

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Reclaimed Wood Head Phones

Cathy — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:51:07 +0000

This is cool design, How many people use headphones and what happens when they break. Right into the trash i.e. landfills For those green audiophiles, this reclaimed wood and up -cycled material headphone is wrapped with wood from acoustic guitars and ear muffs are from reclaimed aluminum. Even the quilting lining is made from reclaimed bags, jackets and clothing.

Ashcraft Aria Concept Headphone

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Reuse- Recycle E-Waste- Make Eco Sculptures

Cathy — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:52:14 +0000

I think the CES show in Las Vegas has inspired me to continue on with e-waste art. With all the new ‘inventions’ there will be more and more ewaste into our waste streams and landfills. It is said that 70% of what goes into our landfills is e-waste!

Top 9 Eco Recycling E-Waste Artists

Brenda Guyton’s Sculptures reflect her love of nature’s animals. She sculpts animals from dogs, rabbits, insects, snakes, lambs into remarkable e-waste sculptures. She works out of her garage and parts are supplied by friends and she takes donations! you can email her from the site

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By now, many people know they should recycle their cell – phones or even sell them for worthy causes. But still thousands of obsolete cells phones sit in drawers and garages waiting for what?? This giant cell phone eco art sculpture was created in Cluj-Napoca, Romania to as part of the citys Planet Report Environment and Film Festival.

E-Waste Art- Giant Cell Phone

Forest McCluer took 30 Computers- apart to make up a series of artworks. His work is documented on his website , an ongoing project to deconstruct 30 discarded personal computers and then create sculptures from all their constituent parts

Forest McCluer-Computer Virus #6- based on the T4 Bacteriophage Virus,

Bart Vargas has been committed to exploring ways to reuse trash. He created a series of keyboard sculptures that reflect a world view of our obsession with electronics as well as my personal favorite, The Nest

Bart Vargas- E Waste Sculpture

Miguel Rivera’s Hard Drive Sculptures

Miguel Rivera's Art Sculptures From Hard Drives

Alexandra- Alexandromeda Project

Futuristic Lamp - Totem Pole Electronic Sculpture

George Sabra E- Waste Art

George Sabra- e waste Sculpture

In order to bring attention to the amount of e-waste the Royal Society of Art built the WEE Man a giant sculpture representing the amount of waste that 1 person will dispose of in their lifetime. Wee Man weighs 3 Tons!

Components include: (1) PC screens; (2) printers; (3) industrial lights; (4) satellite dishes; (5) computer mice; (6) toasters; (7) vacuum cleaners; (8) heaters; (9) washing machines; (10) microwaves

element14, Premier Farnell's online resource for the design engineering community is building the sculpture from electronics waste in the “Atrium at the entrance East” at electronica, in Munich , Germany . All attendees to the event have been encouraged to donate an old electronic device, component or small piece of electronics hardware to help in the building of the sculpture and show their commitment to responsible recycling.

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10 Beautiful Examples of Eco- Art

Cathy — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:49:22 +0000

It never ceases to amaze me how so many artists can take items destined to become landfill fodder and turn them into something utterly beautiful. As the old saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Here I have selected ten examples of some of the most attractive eco-art I’ve stumbled upon online.

1.) Bright butterfly.-This gorgeous yellow butterfly and others like it are created using old license plates, mirrors, trash can lids, and car parts basically whatever found objects are at hand. For a closer look at the finer details of these large moth art pieces (and a perspective on how large they really are!) check out this post about artist Michelle Stitzlein in the Eco Artware Notes blog.

ecycled materials that include license plates, car parts, mirrors, trash can lids, piano keys, bicycle tires, scrap wood, bottlecaps, aluminum siding, faucet handles, oil drum lids and phone hand sets. via Junk Mail Gems Blog.

2.) Treasure Furniture.-Using scraps from a furniture factory, artist Maarten Baas of Holland makes stunning modern pieces of furniture. Take a closer look at some of the eclectic pieces he’s put together here under “Works” and “Treasure Furniture.”

Built using waste from a furniture factory. Enough waste to produce 58 dining chairs and 23 armchairs. This makes the Treasure series a limited edition...

3.) Colorful faces- Artist Sandhi Schimmel uses brightly colored print ads to make art featuring women’s faces.

These beautiful mosaic portraits were made out of recycled print ads

4.) “Scribbled” chairs-If you could take a crayon and messily scribble a chair into thin air, it would probably come out looking something like this. The super cool chairs are made out of old plastic.

Photo; www.ecofriend.org- Design Council’s dot07.com festival in UK

5.) Rainbow lighting- Plastic is put to good use once more with this rainbow lighting using various colorful plastic containers, the concept of artist David Batchelor. I had to look twice before I realized trash was involved. Here’s another look at how stunning this trash art really is.

he installation are made of used plastic containers. Found at Recycleart.com

6.) Technicolor celebrities-If Andy Warhol made art today using junk, his pieces might look a little something like this. Featured are pieces of art depicting Conan O’Brian and Lady Gaga using old tech junk.

Artist Jason Mecier creates amazing art with discarded electronic junk.

7.) Art in sneaker form- These shoes by Gabriel Dishaw really are works of art and made out of pure junk. See more of his work here.

Gabriel Dishaw, a junk-metal genius from Carmel, Ind., turns trash into artwork.

8.) Organic shapes-These massive pieces of artwork fashioned out of construction scrap wood are simply breathtaking.

Henrique Oliveira has been creating organic shapes out of scrap wood that began to peel off of a fence by his home

9.) Trashy wave-One of my favorite pieces of art is Hokusai’s “The Great Wave.” Imagine how thrilled I was to find the stunning wave composed in trash art by artist Bernard Pras.

Trash Art by www.bernardpras.fr

10.) Wild horses-Using found objects such as plastic toys and various old utensils artist Sayaka Ganz made these stunning horses that appear to be bursting forth through a wall in spirit form.

Ganz recovers junk and upcycles it into animal shaped sculptures.

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Top Five Eco Artists

Cathy — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:55:35 +0000

Andy Goldsworthy

The history of artists embracing the natural world is long and storied. One need only look at the work of naturalist writers, landscape artists, and hippie songsters to see the progression of creative patrons of the planet. And the trend seems to be picking up as more focus is placed on issues like pollution, climate change, loss of habitat, and sustainability. Modern artists are finding amazing ways to get their message of eco-conscious activism out to the public. While many ply their craft in an eco-friendly manner (by utilizing tour buses that run on biodiesel, studios powered with green energy, and practices that generally reduce waste and pollution), others support and donate to environmentally friendly organizations and causes (Greenpeace, Live Aid, etc.). But whatever their eco-bent, a number of artists are going above and beyond the call of duty to promote the health of the planet in ways that have a huge impact.

1. Green Day. Does it get any greener than proudly displaying your eco-sensibilities in the name of your rock band? These punk-rockers from Cali may look like they just stepped out of the emo rainforest, but they’ve done their part to support clean energy by teaming up with the National Resources Defense Council (which focuses on global warming, clean energy, conservancy, and sustainability) and urging fans to lobby Congress for a boost in eco-friendly job creation.

2. Andy Goldsworthy. If you’ve never heard of this nature artist/photographer, you are missing out on a goldmine of Goldsworthy. His works of art are truly transitional and support the spirit of sustainability. He uses only objects found in nature to craft his beautiful, complex, and temporary art (which he then photographs). And when he’s done, his masterpieces are left to be swept away by the very forces from whence they came.

Joseph Beuys

3. Joseph Beuys. A conceptual artist who espouses an idea of eco-artwork, Beuys has done several projects to bring attention to environmental problems as well as bust the myth that people and nature cannot co-exist. For example, one project required him to spend hours locked in a room with a coyote while another included planting 7,000 oak trees around the city of Kassel, Germany. His efforts serve to illuminate environmental issues in a creative way that demands attention.

4. James Cameron. Many would argue that commercial films are not to be considered in the same category as “serious” art. However, one look at Cameron’s beautifully imagined enviro-activist film Avatar (2009) blows that theory out of the water. Stunningly crafted CGI takes the audience inside a natural world that, much like the Earth, needs protection from the corrupting influence of industry.

5. Pearl Jam. No grunge group has done more than this Seattle standby to effect a change in the way our planet runs. They work to offset the carbon emissions of touring, protect the Earth’s valuable remaining rainforests, and have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the climate change cause. They even foster eco-awareness with songs like “Do the Evolution” and “Amongst the Waves”.

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I Need to Wake Up By Melissa Etheridge

Cathy — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:32:13 +0000

I saw Melissa Etheridge last weekend and had forgotten she wrote this song for The Inconvenient Truth. This is a great Eco Song and if you have a chance to see Melissa Etheridge, go, it was a great concert.

Have I been sleeping?
I’ve been so still
Afraid of crumbling
Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant rumblings
Take me where I am supposed to be
To comprehend the things that I can’t see

Cause I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

And as a child
I danced like it was 1999
My dreams were wild
The promise of this new world
Would be mine
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
To listen to an inconvenient truth

That I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone

And I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I want to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Oh, Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
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Recology x Junkestra Makes Music From Trash

Cathy — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:12:32 +0000

Musical instruments composed of sewer pipes, metal trays, bikes, fixtures and furniture? That is what Junkestra is all about, taking trash from the local dump and creating beautiful music. Junkestra was composed in 2007 in collaboration with San Francisco waste management company Recology.

Nathaniel Stookeys “Junkestra”, composed during his 2007 artist residency at Recology San Francisco. The work in three movements is performed with percussion instruments created from materials Stookey scavenged from the dump. The work was first presented in a warehouse at the Recology San Francisco facility in 2007, and following its overwhelming success, was later performed to capacity crowds at the Herbst Theater. It has been presented many times since, most notably to mark the opening of the new California Academy of Sciences building in Golden Gate Park.

During his four month residency at Recology, Stookey assembled what he called a sonorous collection of pipes, pans, mixing bowls, bottles, serving trays, deck railings, dresser drawers, oil drums, bike wheels, saws, garbage cans, bathroom fixtures, bird-cages and shopping carts. The result, he said, is a richer palette of timbre and pitch than anything I could have foreseen or designed. Junkestra will be released by Innova Records in late April, 2010. Innova will also issue a dance mix version of Junkestra.Similar Posts:

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New Eco Friendly and FSC Certified Guitars From Walden

Cathy — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:25:24 +0000

Just in time for Xmas a New Eco Friendly Guitar is being launched. Instead of giving now the guitar your teenager has been screaming for, wait until January and re-surprise with this new eco- friendly guitar made with FSC Certified Wood.

Beginning January 2010, WALDEN will enable guitarists to make purchasing decisions that benefit our environment and take part in reducing the overconsumption of world resources. Its all-solid wood MADERA line will be built with 100% FSC-Pure certified tonewoods such as Sitka spruce, Western Red cedar, and South American “True” mahogany. With an FSC Chain-of-Custody (“COC”) certification, all woods on the MADERA are tracked from forest to finished instrument thereby guaranteeing its sustainable origins. With a target street price USD$999, the all-solid WALDEN MADERA is the most affordable sustainable wood guitar in the market.

“We all share the same world and we all need to do our part to be a part of the solution and ensure we live in a sustainable way,” says Jonathan Lee, Chief Designer behind Walden guitars. “Ecologically friendly products are in high demand but sustainable-wood acoustic guitars are rare and expensive. ‘Green acoustic guitars’ made by ethically run factories in Mainland China do not exist; until now. Obtaining certification and building with FSC-Pure materials is the only way we can be sure that we are honestly obtaining woods from responsible sources. However, these sources are rare at this time. It is my hope that demand for these instruments will aid in certifying more forests around the world and make sustainable living commonplace.”

WALDEN chose the name MADERA for its association with the Spanish word for “wood.” Guitars in this line can be easily recognized by a distinctive headstock embellishment shaped like the Chinese character “木” meaning wood. At the 2010 Winter NAMM Convention, WALDEN will present five acoustic guitars in the MADERA line with Dreadnought and Grand Auditorium models in natural and sunburst finishes as well as a classical guitar.

More information on the MADERA line will be coming soon.

ABOUT FSC (FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL) – FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. Further details about FSC can be found by following this link: www.fsc.org/about-fsc.html.

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Cathy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:31:58 +0000

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Recycle Your Car Into A Piece of Art Ball- My Laugh Of The Day!

Cathy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:54:21 +0000

This was my laugh for the day! You gotta love these guys who think of how how to recycle everything. Watch this funny and informative video of how to recycle your old clunker car into a piece of art. From zedomax.com
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