GreenCraft Magazine will provide ideas for repurposing trash to treasure by showcasing projects where waste is repurposed into ecologically chic creations.

To be considered for publication in this semi-annual magazine, please submit your recycled, reused and repurposed items to GreenCraft Magazine no later than September 15, 2009.

To jump start your creativity, you might want to look through some of these sites.  But please, use them for inspiration only…these ideas have already been done!

KinderArt: recycling crafts for kids

World’s Largest Things: art cars, folk art, and more

Aluminous Publishing: aluminum can craft

Recycled Crafts @ Craft Gossip

Eco Artware: the archives

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Call for entries: GreenCraft Magazine

Card similar to the one I received: all
are handmade one-of-a-kinds

Louise, owner of Organic Greeting, makes her cards from recycled maps, stamps, and different types of found objects.  The particular card that I received included some of Louise’s handknitted seaweed!  Very very cool.  All the cards are blank inside, and come with envelopes that are made from recycled maps.

Louise used to keep a blog, and I really wish that she hadn’t stopped.  Still, it’s a lot of fun to look through her old designs and see how her work has evolved.  From leaf themes to Paris to the world on a stick…Louise has designs that are sure to delight!

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Organic Greeting…cards with soul

My friend Shirley sent me these pictures.  They supposedly come from the Museum for Communication in Frankfort, Germany.  I can not verify that, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s right.   There are four of these museums in Germany, all linked from a central website (link above).

Makes me want to go to the nearest thrift shop and start stocking up on broken phones!

I started wondering who else was out there using phones as an art medium.  Look what I found:

5,000 cell phones turned into a work of art

Cell Phone Disco: creating a digital art installation by cell phone

Telephone art: a collection of cartoon and clip art, just in case you don’t really want to work with the real thing 

Telephone Teca: gorgeous reproduction antique phones

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Don’t throw anything out!

Nancy teaches workshops that aim to have the participants create functional pieces, with the goal of at least 90% recycled material going into each project.

Each of Nancy’s original hand sewn garments like the ones shown below take between 100 and 400 hours to make.  Her work is exhibited in airports all across the country:

Fan Mail Dress, 2000.   Junk mail.

Plastic Bathing Beauty, 2004.   Detergent bottles.

Images: Nancy Judd

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Recycled fashion collection

The artist, El Anatsui, sews and weaves recycled metal together with textiles to create large-scale tapestries.  Because the metal can be shaped and formed, the artist can create a different installation every time the piece is shown in a gallery.

Doesn’t that make you want to try out some different techniques?  The sky really is the limit…

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Inspirational Fiber Art Video of the Day

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Beautiful wall art by Jason Thompson

But an abandoned gas station?  Wow!  Isn’t that great?

Information on Jennifer’s Gas Station Project can be found on the International Fiber Collaborative Website, along with information on Jennifer’s other projects.  She writes, Participants crocheted, knitted, stitched, patched, or collaged 3 foot square fiber panels that expressed each participants concern about the topic. Simply by designing and creating these panels and participating in this project, they were expressing their concern about this important subject to all nations. All of the panels were then sewn together to completely cover an abandoned gas station in central New York State.”

Image: Jennifer Marsh

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Gas station covering

The really great thing to me about this project is that these covers are so easy to come by at garage sales, flea markets, and thrift stores…and since the records themselves are usually scratched, the covers are just heading for the landfill.

All the how tos are found at the link above.

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Record album wall organizers

Finding creative uses for old items is nothing new to artists, but the spirit of preserving the planet is more important than ever before and GreenCraft Magazine is here to honor and inspire those who find artistic applications for normally discarded resources.

GreenCraft Magazine will provide ideas for repurposing trash to treasure by showcasing projects where waste is repurposed into ecologically chic creations.

To be considered for our Publication, please submit your recycled, reused and repurposed items to GreenCraft Magazine no later than April 14, 2009.

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Call for entries: GreenCraft Magazine

500 Found-Object Works
Juror: Suzie Millions
Editor: Suzanne Tourtillott

Entry deadline: March 15, 2009

Lark Books seeks one-of-a-kind images of found-object art to publish in a juried collection representing the most creative examples in this exciting genre. While material options are endless (recycled/repurposed wood, paper, plastics, electronics and the like), we will accept only professional quality photography. Due to trademark considerations, very few works featuring recognizable brand names or logos will be accepted. This publication is scheduled for release in Fall 2010. There is no entry fee.

Download an entry form here.

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Call for entries: 500 Found-Object Works