63 Times Folks Whipped Up Their Creative Genius And Created Masterpieces Out Of Trash

"Turtles may seem to lack sense, but they don’t do senseless things. They’re not terribly energetic, yet they do not waste energy… turtles cannot consider what might happen yet nothing turtles do threatens anyone’s future. Turtles don’t think about the next generation, but they risk and provide all they can to ensure that there will be one. Meanwhile, we profess to love our own offspring above all else, yet it is they from whom we daily steal. We cannot learn to be more like turtles, but from turtles we could learn to be more human. That is the wisdom carried within one hundred million years of survival. What turtles could learn from us, I can’t quite imagine." Carl Safina. From a gallery in Bandon Oregon, run by a wonderful non-profit that turns plastic beach trashs into amazing art. Every piece of this sculpture is trash! They also have traveling exhibits, currently at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington DC, the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans, and the Naples zoo in Florida.

I know the bags are not practical but I wanted to test my sewing skills and push the message of rethinking packaging waste.

My ex destroyed my good luck babe vinyl and then left it on my porch with some other ruined things… I asked if I should turn the vinyl into art- and with your recommendations I was able to make one of the most cathartic pieces of art I’ve ever made. He snapped the vinyl in half, so I kept one side intact, and tore the other side up. I made the collage from a Chappell Fanzine and was sure to add the “You are only capable of loving yourself” note he wrote on the sleeve and the very real sign off on a note he included “smell ya later” to the canvas. With your recommendation I was sure to cross out the “only” on the sleeve. (His favorite thing about me was my empathy lmao). For now, it’s going deep into the closet. I figure I’ll display it in a few years when I can laugh that I was in a 4 year relationship with a man who had “funky town” tattooed on his stomach. Please don’t date men. They’re literally the worst. Thank you to all the support you gave me in the first post. I had even had someone reach out and mail me an extra copy of the vinyl they had. I love yall. In Chappell we trust.

Artist Mirko S.-F. with the pupils of the city school, recycling art for sensitizing our environmental awareness.

Over 16 million crisp packets are thrown away each day in the UK alone. The estimated time for them to degrade is thought to be over 80 years.

Here is my hand made figurine of him that I created from recycled materials. That's how I perceive him! Please give it love even if it's not digital art.

I had some broken pendants, singular earrings, crystals, and random dollhouse figurines. There’s even a euro 10 cents! I am a collector of little things I find and they finally have a purpose.