Upcycling art projects

A broken CD isn't much good to anyone. Unless you're Sean Avery that is. Because while most of us would just throw them in the trash, the South Africa-born, Australia-based artist turns them into various dazzling animal sculptures. He makes them by gluing CD shards to wire mesh frames shaped like different animals, and as you can see from his iridescent animal kingdom, there seems to be no limit to the types of creatures he can create.

These recycled art project ideas turn everyday household objects and trash into gorgeously colorful art you'll actually want to use in your own art.

Bottle Caps Pop Art: Did you know more than 5.25 billion microplastics float in the ocean? (Plastic Oceans International https://plasticoceans.org) - Photo garbage plastic "The Guardian" newsletter. Although there is a worldwide conscience and today human beings have be…

Hello There! I currently am taking some time off, so it’s the perfect time to update my blog with some of my latest works! Today, I would like to share with you a sculpture that started as a sculptural painting. You might remember “ Controlled Anger ”, that I did in 2016. It was a cluster of lush b

We've put together 10 projects made from rubbish that you will actually want to keep. From magazines to plastic bottles and coke cans!

Australian craftsman Michael Moerkerk recycles discarded keys and transforms them into unique works of art.

In this amazing Girl with A Pearl Earring made with buttons, the artist has used a collection of buttons to replicate Vermeer's classic.

A comprehensive A to Z of denim crafts and upcycles from aprons to zipper hearts all the best ideas for repurposing your jeans.

True-Blue Recycled Paper From Old Jeans: There is untapped potential in glass jars, old pallets, junk mail—all of it. Finding new uses for the flood of post-consumer leftovers which surrounds us is a puzzle, a delight, and more important than ever. By day, I am a freelance writer covering …