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Making Recycled Penguins for London Zoo

Two recycled penguins
I’ve been making penguins from random bits and pieces.  Mostly empty paint tubs courtesy of Forest Recycling Project (via East London Community RePaint), but also tennis racquets, a kettle, light fittings, plastic bottles and coathangers and lots of other objects from reclamation yards and charity shops.
I made six in my studio with the [...]

December 14th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Events, Public Sculpture, Recycled Sculpture, Recycling, Workshops | One comment

Recycled Christmas Decorations

Tin drum upcycled Christmas Decoration
I recently made some recycled Christmas decorations for Recycle Now.  These are now up on their website and feature on e-cards which you can send to your friends.
Here’s the link:  Recycle Now Christmas 09
The Recycle Now Christmas campaign is trying to make people aware of the waste created at Christmas and [...]

December 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art Techniques, Environmentalism, Recycled Art & Craft, Recycling | One comment

A recycled award

Recycled award
Originally uploaded by michelle3duk
I was asked to create an award by LCRN (London Community Resource Network) – their first ever award, for ‘Lifetime Achievement’, to be given to Cam Matheson. Amongst other things, Cam pioneered a scheme for the composting of food waste on the Nightingale Estate in Hackney.
This sculpture is about 30 [...]

October 26th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Awards, Recycled Art & Craft, Recycled Sculpture, Recycling | One comment

Redshank Sculpture at London Wetland Centre

RedshankWWT
Originally uploaded by michelle3duk
This is the sculpture I made for the Recycled Sculpture Show at London Wetland Centre in Barnes. I used 3 types of venetian blind (wood, metal and plastic), plus lots of other recycled materials – e.g. shelf brackets for the beak, shower curtain hooks for the talons.
The exhibition is on until [...]

June 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Exhibitions, Public Sculpture, Recycled Art & Craft, Recycled Sculpture, Recycling, Uncategorized | One comment

And the rabbit…

Rabbit, recycled scupture

Originally uploaded by michelle3duk

Here’s the other sculpture I made in Hong Kong. A 3 metre tall rabbit. Both this and the chicken were made for an Easter exhibition in a shopping mall. Materials for this one include newspapers, envelopes, leaflets, tissue paper, plastic bags, juice cartons, fabric and cardboard [...]

April 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Exhibitions, Public Sculpture, Recycled Art & Craft, Recycled Sculpture, Recycling | Leave a comment

My Hong Kong chicken

Chicken, recycled scupture

Originally uploaded by michelle3duk

Here’s the recycled sculpture of a chicken I made for ‘apm’ shopping mall in Hong Kong. It’s approximately 2.8 metres tall. Materials include yellow pages phone directories, coffee tins, coffee cup lids, gloves, juice cartons, fabric, plastic bags and cardboard [...]

April 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Exhibitions, Public Sculpture, Recycled Art & Craft, Recycled Sculpture, Recycling | Leave a comment

mental_floss Blog » What to do with 66,000 business cards

mental_floss Blog » What to do with 66,000 business cards.
I just came across a post about this mathematical construction made from thousands of defunct business cards – a ‘level three Menger Sponge’.  Made without the use of glue or tape, just [...]

February 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Art Techniques, Recycling | Leave a comment