Art from recycled materials

From Trash to Fine Art: We Explore Recycled Material Art at 2 Museums and get inspired! :: PragmaticMom

'The Small Forest' is series of animal sculptures by Japanese artist Natsumi Tomita using items found we would consider throw-away trash.

Do your bit for the environment—and your wallet—by making your own Christmas crafts from recycled materials instead of going out to buy something new. Sure, it is the season to be jolly, but it’s also the season to be frugal and mindful of all the trash we create!

AKA — when art directors drop acid.

TOPSHOT - People ride past a 12-metre installation depicting a whale, made up of five tons of plastic waste pulled out of the Pacific Ocean, displayed in Brugges, on July 14, 2018 for the 2018 Bruges Triennial.

Make plastic bottle butterflies with this easy recycled art activity and learn about Monarch butterfly migration.

Use your cast off cardboard, egg cartons, plastic cups, and costume jewelry to make these fun recycled art sculptures.

A broken CD isn't much good to anyone. Unless you're Sean Avery that is. Because while most of us would just throw them in the trash, the South Africa-born, Australia-based artist turns them into various dazzling animal sculptures. He makes them by gluing CD shards to wire mesh frames shaped like different animals, and as you can see from his iridescent animal kingdom, there seems to be no limit to the types of creatures he can create.

This kitchen owl was made from salvaged kitchen supplies and a CD which is reflective and can help keep away hawks or other birds from your veggie garden.

Now if you have scraps of wood laying around and looking to make a big piece of wall decor this idea looks amazing! I bet it would be pretty easy to do laying flat and would work for both inside an…