With great pleasure FreeStyle Reloaded introduce you a new Italian Eco-Artist, Paolo Lo Giudice: “Who makes intellectual work usually, in his free time, needs a manual jobs to get off from a sedentary lifestyle. I started 10 years ago looking at the pieces of broken moto bikes from my sons, combined that with a passion for modern and contemporary art. Now I use plastic, wood, leather and metal who offers more possibilities of composition and it’s very challenge!”

“I wondered if when an object ceases its original function, automatically becomes a waste. I think that the end of the objects depends on the person who takes care of them. Personally I can recover and reuse things trying to give them a new aesthetic dimension thus prolonging their life cycle”.

In 2004 Paolo started with his first exibithion to bring his unique creations all around Italy and never stopped! To find out more have a look at FreeStyle Reloaded’s site or to Paolo Lo Giudice’s gallery.

See you soon,
Cristina Savi – FreeStyle Edition.

That’s the creative and fun ideas for recycling by Ilaria Chiani aka “Ilaria Chiani Cactus” and she told me “I used to make my cactus with all stuff even junk I can get around: denim, food packaging, old rain covers, vintage textile, even P&P box/bags! The internal structure is on wood, so that the cactus can’t “sag”. Then I create the foam padding and wadding. They are entirely handmade and I need 1 to 4 days to make them. The largest is two feet, the yellow one in the picture below.”

She is always very active within Arts exhibitions like “Mamastore” in Thiene, “Orange Blue” in Thiene, “ Spazio Nadir” in Vicenza, RIARTECO in Firenze. Find out more about her look at Ilaria Chiani Cactus’s blog.

Thanks by Cristina Savi – FreeStyle Editor.

“…all my necklaces are a collage of countries, words and memories. I’m just the link between the objects thrown away and their new noble life. I’m the hand that picks, cleans and brings them to their new life story … Probably I did’nt discover anything except from my unique “passion” in what I do …”

Reading these words, I was touched and captured during my research of the eco-artists: she is Chiara Martina Jarno Trentin aka “Chimajarno“ and I wrote about “Pearl Necklace? Buttons thanks!” in my FreeStyle Blog first and now in Refashinoso.

“Some years ago I found a box full of buttons collected over the years by my grandmother and I started to watch these little wonders with new eyes”.

This month she is involved in: “Salerno, WASTE IN SEARCH OF AUTHOR – SECOND LIFE (third edition)” & “Barcelona, at the Gallery of Contemporary Art D_Spazio, Calle Ribes 99″. She is always very active within “Art and Fashion Recycling” exhibitions. Find out more about her look at Chimajarno’s blog.

Thanks by Cristina Savi – FreeStyle Editor.

Hi guys, here we are: Cristina Savi, Editor at Verbania News, the one on your right with the Crazy Eco Mask and Giulia Massera the Creative Director at Refashinoso driving an Eco Scooter!

We are here together to launch a challenge today:

“FreeStyle & Refashinoso are Looking for Your Creative Ideas in Recycling Fashion! Because you deserve to Be Unique.!”

What do you have to do? Simply send your ideas to us at refashinoso@shicon.com and info@cristinasavi.it

As you already know Refashinoso is now Partner of FreeStyle Re-loaded it means that we will start to share information and tips about Fashion and Art Recycling.

Among our project:

- Create a network of creative recycling ideas

- Provide the public with more tools, knowledge and tutorials for DIY

- Create a business network where you can find items produced by artists using recycled materials

- Create events to promote this kind of projects

That’s why the best & crazy & original ideas from everywhere will be published here at Refashinoso and at FreeStyle Re-loaded.

You already know that amazing Websites like ThreadBanger, The surfthechannel, mahalo wrote about us and Viceland & Ecofashionworldare our Partner. So what are waiting for?

The first Event to promote the “Eco-Bags” from “Ginko” project created by re-using “Coffe’ Packaging” is June 4, 2010 from 19.30 in Extremadura Cafe – Milan.

Don’t miss this opportunity. See you soon!

Dear everyone, my name is Cristina Savi, Editor at Verbania News.
It’s my pleasure to inform you that since today Refashinoso will also become Partner of FreeStyle Re-loaded, the new editorial channel of Verbania News it means that we will start to share information and tips about Fashion and Art Recycling.

Infact FreeStyle Re-loaded will face the issue of reuse and recycling everyday life things with imagination, innovation & creativity.

The first appointment is with “Ginko” project:

Clara Derossi & Paola Camana, the two creators, in their free time make unique hanbags and purses reusing packaging of coffee and biscuits: hundreds of little cuttings pieces, to be joined and sewing for a unique result.

After several trials with different types of paper – waste paper, newspaper & magazines – Carla and Paola finally turned towards coffee packaging in order to guarantee the impermeability and resistance. They can also get them from “Bar & Clubs”. Imagine that for a small pouch, 25 x 12cm, they need to cut 360 pieces, it means a total area of about 2 square metres, which are roughly 18-kilogram bags of coffee. It also means at least 10 hours of hard work! That’s a great job, guys.

Have a look at this amazing bags. To download the catalogue have a look at FreeStyle Re-loaded’s blog.

Thanks,
Cristina.