The Vancouver Recycled Arts Festival
July 26, 2010 6:02 am Anitra Craft Professionals, Crafts, Guest Bloggers
By Recycled Crafts Contributor, Anitra from the blog “Coffee Pot People”.
It probably won’t be a surprise to anyone that my favorite art/craft shows to be in or to attend are those where the art is constructed primarily from recycled materials.
This past weekend was the Vancouver Recycled Arts Festival, and I was pleased and honored to be one of their vendors. Now, the hardest thing about that is being stuck in my booth. I want to see to all the other art! So, the second morning of the show, I made sure I was there early enough to cruise the show myself, camera in hand, and I had a mission: Photograph art that you might not see anywhere else.
People are amazingly creative and talented. This is just a sample of what the show had to offer:
In the slideshow, you see:
- Pendants from broken china, by Tanya Meyer of CuteGirl Creations
- Soft toys and wearable art from reclaimed materials, by Dawn Grunwald
- Blue & white stamped domino tray, by MouseHouse Designs
- Colorful garden whirligigs from vinyl records, by Christine Claringbold of EyePop Art
- Rings made from bicycle innertubes & beads, by Julia Garretson
- Fused glass cat faces and ladybugs from scrap glass, by Brenda Lee Calvert of Halfmoon Farm
- Folding baskets and a handbag from reclaimed & sanitized chopsticks, by Kwytza Chopstick Art
- Playing card holders from reclaimed fibers, by Lyle and Arlene Gowing
- Musical instruments from cigar boxes and license plates, by Alan Matta
- Garden shrines from scrap wood & found objects, by Mike and Barbara Meyer, of Earth Tones
- Mosaic art from reclaimed windows and scrap glass, by Missy Lambert
- Crocheted bags, placemats, accessories, etc., from plastic shopping bags, by Molly J Walter
- Purses and wallets woven from candy, snack, & coffee packaging, by Rock Candy Art
- Creepy babies from baby dolls and found objects, by Jason Pickering
- Rustic jewelry and accessories from sardine cans, smashed bottle caps, etc., by Chris Reitmaier
- Garden Tiki Monster & Fork Man from scrap metal & flatware, by Schell & Son Metalwerks
- A giant blossom for the garden from reclaimed glassware & tableware, by Anitra Cameron
- Marble-covered garden art, by Megan Klepp, of Ta-Dah
- Refrigerator magnets from small toys, by the sons of Megan Klepp, of Ta-Dah
- A 3-D collage from reclaimed painting and stuffed bird, by Casey Boketzian, of Therapy Bettye
- Painted polka dot tableware & radio, by Davell Seversen, of Zany Art
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Cath :
Date: July 26, 2010 @ 6:50 AM
FASCINATING! Thanks for sharing. Really fun and inspiring.
Jessica :
Date: July 26, 2010 @ 12:13 PM
Super cool! I enjoyed the great pics.