Spoons – ‘ Reincarnated’

Artist: Anne Schwegmann-Fielding

Exhibited at the European Commission Representation in the UK  (Part of residency at Arts Reverie, Gujarat, India)

Materials: Indian bangles and mirror

Take discarded materials and everyday objects and give these to Anne Schwegmann-Fielding.

Lo and behold! You have ‘Reincarnated’ artwork!

Discarded materials such as crockery, jewellery and shattered glass, buttons and everyday objects like utensils, tools, logs, hard hats, and mannequins get transformed by artist Anne Schwegmann-Fielding into sculptures, mosaics, jewels and ornaments.

Anne Schwegmann-Fielding has been creating artworks for public spaces and private clients for the last 15 years.

The core of her work lies in reuse and recycle with a sense of history and ancient craft of mosaic and thus “the ordinary is made extraordinary.”

At the moment I wish to be in London as I want to see Anne’s work at the exhibition organized by The European Commission Representation in the UK

‘REINCARNATED’

A series of objects transformed by Anne Schwegmann-Fielding

(Time and Date: 10am-6pm, 9 to 19 December 2008 – Monday-Friday,

Venue: European Commission, 8 Storey’s Gate, London SW1) 

If I could afford to buy her artwork I would go straight for these stunningly beautiful spoons as my all time favourite Christmas gifts.

Continue reading for more of Anne’s work …..

Shisha Kitsch

(Shisha meaning mirror)

mosaic, recycled

Mosaic of infamous Wivenhoe bookshop

crockery glass and buttons

Kuppa Birds

 for the Love London Festival at London Zoo

Materials: mosaics using broken crockery, old buttons, coins and shattered glass and teapot spout

Watering Can

Medium: Shattered Glass

Created as part of research and development residency at Writtle College, Chelmsford.

Garden Fountain

Private Garden, South Woodham Ferrers

Shattered and Vitreous glass

Click all the captions below images to see more of  her work.

Bookmark her website which is under construction.

Brick Bag (prototype)

material: cable, textured paper cardboard

Designer: Inna Alesina @ Alesina Design

“Multipurpose, thief deterrent, humourous, stylish handbag.

      All rolled into a pile of bricks”!!!

            ↑ This are designer’s words and  I don’t feel like adding a single word!

Alesina Design produces innovative, award winning and environment friendly designs and products.

(This is a new series - Brick Lane - yes innnovative something about bricks and things!)

reccos sofa

Designer: Suzukike Group

Going soccer crazy?

Come cool down have a seat on these footballs sofa and chairs!

Presenting here these cool chairs and accessories made of soccer balls and/or steel frame made by

Suzukikegroup.

But to get to the real meaning of Reccos chairs you have to do a reverse reading! 

reccos chair

And I know you remain glued to TV while watching Euro Cup 2008 matches!

Hey! Don’t build up a strong defence and do not also make short passes!

Cause I make all the right kicks and make all the goals!

But free kicks disallowed here!!

unreccos

reccos chair

reccos belt

reccos belt

And don’t forget to check the winning team Suzukike group here! 

Designers: Anna Corpron and Sean Auyeung @ Sub-Studio

I have fallen in love with these gorgeous golden hinges! ? !

In fact with these products I would suggest you can mend your relationships! I am saying – a lot hinges on how and what you say with these products.

Give or send it to someone.

Am I making sense? Are not these hinges?

No!

Make a guess!

Material – these are made of …

I can’t tell you that. Well I gave you a lot of hints…  click continue reading when you have guessed.

Yes these are made of paper.

hinge cards

Each card is silk-screened by hand on recycled cardstock paper.

Aren’t these cards simply gorgeous! For details and other designs go have a look at designers @ Sub-Studio’s simply beautiful work.

I did warn you!

Designer: @ DUMDUM

lamps made of mineral bottles

This post is salutation to those designers who create stunning designs out of day today waste and other small little things to inspire me!

What is day today life made of?

A lot of waste occupy space in everyday life in form of plastic and omg! – newspapers (I am always accused of keeping newspapers till ’the newspaper pillar’ touches the roof!!); so I am happy to discover these designers.

And a little greenery and small buttons also cheer me up!

 handmade handbag @ Nahui Ollin

Nahui Ollin is a collection of unique and fashionable handbags and accessories made from recycled materials – by specially folding and weaving candy wrappers, gum wrappers and soda bottle labels–together to create the various beautiful shapes and sizes

ALL materials are factory rejects from independent manufactures and have never been used. These same materials were certain to be sent to a land fill or garbage dump only to pollute the earth more!

Architect-Designer: Charles kaisin

chair made of newspaper

Designer: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec @ Teracrea

Treille is a system of cylindrical vases, horizontally aligned and connected by nylon belts and height-adjustable painted stainless steel tutors. A stair set can be created, made of three containers, to hang from the ceiling or from a wall.

Can be kept inside as well as outside.

Button tray & bowl @ greener grass design

 When sewn and knotted together these simple buttons make interesting design!

Designer-Craftisans:@ Kunye African Trends

Do you think these products are beautiful!?

Then let me tell you these are made from ughs…waste plastic – recycled plastic!

kunye kube

And I think these are one of the most beautiful recycled plastic products I have ever seen!

computer bag

These are not just fun and funky products, these are functional too.

How else I would say the bed cover, plastic rugs for swimming pool, computer bag  and screens; some real recycled innovation!!

container

These handmade products are from Kunye – brilliant brainchild of Alison Coutras (and her local team of craftisans – a cooperative to combat unemployment) in South Africa.

Kunye is the Xhosa word for ‘forward together’.

Kunye has won a number of awards.

rugs in swimming pool

bed cover

wall/ screens

stool

and the radio

See more products here and here.

(1st image via Hen and Hammock, 2nd image via Adila, and rest via Kunye)

These are 2 green and 2 funky products @ Brastilo

banana leaf hanging lamp

This colourful ceiling lamp is actually made from banana leaves!

Made by Brazilian artisans, using recycled or sustainable products.

Brastilo, the Brazilian firm is into eco friendly and renewable initiatives.

lizard porcelain plates 

Put a smile on your face and call it the Brazilian zest for life! These ceramic plates are handmade by craftsman in Bahia.

monkey porcelain plates

blue paper bowls

These stunning blue bowls are made from recycled newspapers.

These products are result of a special program in São Paulo that helps homeless people earn a living and leave the streets. These remarkable bowls are made entirely of renewable, recycled materials.

banana leaf lamp – a close view

                            @ Pigmento - Kunst & Design

A simple PVC pipe as design object! Water it or Vase it!

It could be a very good DIY for a vase. All of us might be having pipes or few long and short pieces. Pigmento has made this beautiful vase from such simple materials -PVC pipe and a clamp. Lo and behold your vase is ready!

Designer Singh Intrachooto @ OSISU            papi stool

Bangkok based Thai architect, author and designer Singh Intrachooto produces functional furniture art pieces that integrate local crafts and skilled carpentry with pure passion under the brand Osisu. Each piece is hand crafted from materials left to waste at construction sites or discarded from manufacturing processes.

PAPI-Stool has paper torso, which has been carefully stitched by hands into organic patterns-to celebrate and not to camouflage the salvaged material. It is slightly undersize with the seating dimensions of an A4 sheet. Supported entirely by layers of embroidered papers salvaged from offices.It comes fron Etcetera collection.

Etcetera is a collection where recycled and salvaged materials have been transformed by the hands of tailors, carpenters and artisans to achieve a modern appearance.

tilee diamonds

Solid and straightforward woodwork, hand-pieced from teak morsels. Two cubes are simply merged for wider seating.  Its top surface displays an array of wood grains, making Tilee-Diamonds subtly animated and fresh.

pmc living

Taking advantage of the weight of materials, the one square meter size of PMC-Living consists of only two legs. The legs made from recycled cartons become the counterweight to the cantilever top-surface handcrafted from laminated wood scraps.

pmc loveseat

The design of loveseat combines reclaimed laminated woods with recycled carton boards. Each layer was laid carefully to achieve the crisp profile and gives an air of Asian hospitality.

In PMC collection the materials used are thermal-pressed cartons (juice/milk/sauce packaging materials). With meticulous layering of colorful cartons, PMC collection has a rich patina that resembles concrete work.

X bench

A seating surface made entirely from salvaged packaging materials and laminate wood scraps. The design exposes edges of the materials-displaying minimal standard surfaces.    

medicine cabinet

Made entirely from perforated chipboards reclaimed from old televisions, Medicine Cabinet is has  glass shelves inside are which are also cut from construction waste.

The motto here is reclaim and create!

           Products from JAYNA

Just guess what material these beautiful products are made of!

The material is arguably the world’s simplest and most environment friendly, a wonder of engineering which gave Mumbai based  Jayna (packaging pvt ltd.) an opportunity to merge technology with art. Corrugated boards (cardboards) which were primarily used for box packaging is perhaps increasingly used for innovative merchandising all over the world now.

These innovative products -paper furniture, bags and miscellaneous – talk of space saving, functionality, cost-effectiveness and recycling.

Fact: Jayna has won 120 + national and international awards in past two decades.