That’s the amazing idea by Michael Johansson: to get everything, regular and irregular, to turn into regularly ArtWorks. A kind of Tetris Art.

“I am intrigued by irregularities in daily life. Not those that appear when something extraordinary occurs, but those that are created by an exaggerated form of regularity. Colours or patterns from two separate objects or environments concur, like when two people pass each other dressed in the exact same outfit. Or when you are switching channels on your TV and realize that the same actor is playing two different roles on two different channels at the same time. Or that one day the parking lot contained only red cars” he writes.

“These irregularities, these coincidences, are another focus of my artwork.” And now have at Michael Johansson’s site to find out all his amazing ideas.

Few days ago “sailing” at etsy I found this amazing artist: Ann P. Smiths. “ANN SMITH spends her days making little robotic like figurines from broken electronics and machine parts. The sculptures are sold in stores and galleries throughout the US and have been published as illustrations in magazines and brochures. Her Clients include Chevron lubricants division, Cricket Magazine, and Cicada Magazine.

“Ann’s illustrations have been selected to appear in the Communications Arts Illustration Annual #337, the American Illustration 25 Annual, and the 3×3 Illustration Annual No. 7. Recently, She has received both local and international recognition from Wired Magazine (US), PBS Boston, DPI Magazine (Taiwan), Architectural Digest (Germany), GQ (Germany), and The Discovery Channel Canada. ”

Have a look at Ann’s “burrowburrow” website to find out all the details about her creations, to buy them or simply to get inspirations about how to reuse your everyday broken electronics and machine parts.

Oh, what a great wow when today I found out about Lamponi Slamps: from old stuff that we throw away every day they created amazing lamps. Look: how cool are they?

Instead of heading to the art supply store Lamponi Slamps just collect common trash and turn it into works of amazing art.
Look at Lamponi Slamps’s website and enjoy your green life!

That’s the elegant idea from Neal Bridgens handmade from brass, copper and even oak: “yes it’s real, not femo or glue or paint or found parts, it’s all hand made using jewellers techniques — it should probably outlive me (not the iPod mind you). It’s not particularly for sale, I use it and rather like it, but I’m not against offers being made…Much to my surprise about 20 people a day come by to look at this. Thanks for your interest! ”
I love deeply love that!

Don’t lose more time: have a look at the Neal Bridgens’s site to keep the great work up!

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.

Not everything you see is true and here are a series of shadow illusions:

Tim Noble (born 1966) and Sue Webster (born 1967), who work as a team, are among the most celebrated of their generation of British artists; they are associated with the post-YBAgeneration of artists emerging after the Young British Artists of the 1990s.

They live and work together in Shoreditch, East London. Some of their notable pieces are made from piles of rubbish collected from London streets. A light is projected against the pile, and the shadow on the wall creates an entirely different image, typically one of the couple themselves: this is not at all apparent from looking directly at the pile.

The art of projection is emblematic of transformative art. The process of transformation, from discarded waste, scrap metal or even taxidermy creatures to a recognizable image, echoes the idea of ‘perceptual psychology’ a form of evaluation used for psychological patients. Noble and Webster are familiar with this process and how people evaluate abstract forms. Throughout their careers they have played with the idea of how humans perceive abstract images and define them with a meaning. The result is surprising and powerful as it redefines how abstract forms can transform into figurative ones.

You can find more information in Tim & Sue’s gallery site

From the Royal Air Force Museum – London this amazing resource: an Eurofighter Typhoon model created for TV advert. The tools and implements from which it is made show the wide variety of career opportunities in the Royal Air Force today.
You can create this with and for your kids too, because the most important thing to win a battle is the strategy!

How many different tools can you count?

To Compare this model with the real thing in the milestones of flights visit the Royal Air Force Museum – London – it’s for free.

Have a great life.

RECYCLE EXPERIENCE was born from the willingness to make and redesign any kind of used stuffs, which their existence is not expected, become an expression media to convey the desire of explorating and inovating. Those ‘unexpected stuffs’, surround us into some Imagination Robotic Characters.

This 2 picts are just an example of what they can create re-using old stuff around. So to find out more simply have a look at RECYCLE EXPERIENCE’s blog and enjoy your green life!

“You know those things about yourself that you’re self conscious of? Those quirks that you’re trying to hide? Those are not your weaknesses, those are your strengths.” (Terry Border)

Maybe you know Terry Border, the everyday things american poet. “The Secret Life of Everyday Things” is the title of his recent photo book : 70 pictures of his excellent wacky, strange creations. I’s a kind of second and creative life of our everyday objects world. I used to play in this magic land only when i was a child. This artist let it  still live on. I’m not surprised to read in his facebook that “Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain” is one of his favourite films…
I asked Terry to tell me something about his art and about his life. These are his words: “When I have an idea about one that interests me, I add wire to show what I am thinking. A lot of the times, this means adding wire arms and legs, to create a character. I started working with wire probably a dozen years ago. I started adding objects in 2006. At first, the objects were added as a filler material, so that the sculpture could be seen more easily. After a few months, I started playing with the meanings of the objects themselves. I probably have made a few hundred Bent Objects, but maybe 120 of them have real stories that some people find amazing. I have no other job right now, although I need one. If someone has a good paying job that they can give me, it would be welcome. I’m married, and have a 12 year old daughter. My wife and daughter give me good criticism about my work.” If you’re more curious I suggest you to follow his blog: “Bent Objects“, where he post photos of his creations, and not only…

Here only a little gallery

Jane Eldershaw wrote a book about her creations with an amazing title too “junk jewelry”. In her blog she says “junk jewellery is my name for jewelry made from found objects”. Here you can see just an example of what she likes to create: a necklace from old keys, calulator and champagne tops. Earrings from keyboard buttons. You can see more on Jane’s blog.

Now create yours and write your ideas, photos and videos at refashinoso@shicon.com.

Have a great life.