Amazing Recycled Art

Posted by: DesignFlute on: January 29, 2009

In: art| artist
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kaarinakaikkonen

And was I able to fly

material: men’s tie

This artist from Finland Kaarina Kaikkonen through her work tries “to understand where the internal ends and the external begins.”

Her sculptures and installations are made with recycled materials such as second-hand clothing, moulded craft paper.

She is famous for her jacket installations.

shoekaarina

material: shoes

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Did I reach the harbour

material: men’s shirts

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Travelled Journey

material: wooden boats

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Toward Light

material: men’s jackets

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A Concession Already Made

material: men’s jackets

Images via: Artists.fi and Skenet

Tags: environmental art, installation, kaarina kaikkonen, recycled art, sculpture, second-hand clothing

6 Responses to "Amazing Recycled Art"

1 | Sydney Plumber
January 30, 2009 at 10:17 pm

Thanks

2 | Fine Craft Guild
January 31, 2009 at 12:07 am

Wow wow wow. This is an inspirational post.

I love recycled ‘anything’, pretty much, but you’ve found some quality unique art projects here. I actually love all of them, and as an environmentalist,I am happy that we as society can finally celebrate reusing materials and consider the end result ‘real’ art.

At FineCraftGuild we try to make creative craft projects using mostly recyclables, except for the glue!