These days Paul is concentrating on building an Emergency Response Studio.

He’s turning a broken-down Gulfstream travel trailer into a “visually engaging, sustainably built, solar- and wind-powered, mobile artist’s studio.” It’s designed for use in emergency settings (like after hurricanes), and will provide off-grid space for displaced or visiting artists.

From Paul’s site:

“My experience of post-Katrina New Orleans made apparent the need for such a mobile structure to house displaced artists or enable visiting visual artists to engage with environments which have undergone disasters or are in a state of emergency.”

Visit Emergency Response Studio to see images and learn how you can donate needed items for this important project.

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Emergency Response Studio

And turning everyday found objects into art is Paul Villinski’s specialty. I first wrote about his work and artist’s statement over at Tree Hugging Family, but I didn’t show his art there. Now that I have Paul’s permission, here goes with the art showing.

All of this New York artist’s work is amazing, but my personal favorites as examples of junk art are the beer can butterflies. You owe it to yourself to click through them all. These butterflies were made from crushed beer cans found on the streets of New York. Could you have seen this in a crushed can in the street? It’s a metal metamorphosis.

Paradigm

Does anything look familiar about this dress? Yes, it’s a size 6, but it’s also made of found gloves.

Cinderella

For his shadow drawing, Paul used small templates made from found beer cans.

Wish II

Have you ever thought about drawing on canvas work gloves?

Nature Studies

I’m going to close with a fascinating flying machine with a found wheelchair, but please visit Paul Villinski to see and learn more.

Air Chair

All images of art via Paul Villinski.

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Things You’d Never Imagine From Beer Cans, Gloves and Chairs