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Environmental art is a range of artistic practices encompassing both historical approaches to nature in art and more recent ecological and politically motivated types of works. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Environmental art has evolved away from formal concerns, for example monumental earthworks using earth as a sculptural material , towards a deeper ...
Upcycle Art or sometimes known as Recycled Art or Recycl’Art is the transformation of waste or used materials and objects into art pieces. [10] The tradition of reusing found objects (objet trouvé) in mainstream art came of age sporadically through the 20th century, although it has long been a means of production in folk art.
Sustainable art is art in harmony with the key principles of sustainability, which include ecology, social justice, non-violence and grassroots democracy. [1] Sustainable art may also be understood as art that is produced with consideration for the wider impact of the work and its reception in relationship to its environments (social, economic ...
Art made of commodity materials sometimes uses found objects made of plastic. [3] [4] Plastic containers are useful in papier-mâché for building frames.[5]Environmental artists are using salvaged beach plastic to create art as a means of bringing awareness of plastic pollution in Earth's oceans.
Erwin Timmers installs site specific artwork made of recycled glass and materials in Bethesda, MD. Erwin Timmers (born 1964) [1] is a Dutch-born American artist [2] [3] and the co-founder of the Washington Glass School [4] [5] [6] in the Greater Washington, D.C. capital area.
Making traditional objects out of recycled materials can be trashion, as can making avant-garde fashion from cast-offs or junk. It springs from a desire to make the best use of limited resources. Trashion is similar to upcycling and refashion, although it began with specific fashion aspirations. Like upcycling, trashion generates items that are ...
Michelle Stitzlein is an American artist who creates found object art / sculpture from recycled materials. She received a BFA in 1989 from the Columbus College of Art and Design (in Columbus, Ohio). She and her husband Nathaniel Stitzlein (also an artist) founded Art Grange Studios in Baltimore, Ohio. At Art Grange they share their love of art ...
Instead, her designs rely on lab-grown diamonds, recycled aluminium from cans and pearls grown using regenerative farming techniques. When science meets art: recycled metal and lab-grown gems Skip ...