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Chris Jordan, is mind blowing with his statistics incorporated into his art. Check him out on his website at www.chrisjordan.com

Plastic Cups, 2008 -----60x90"

Depicts one million plastic cups, the number used on airline flights in the US every six hours.

Overview of the work...

partial zoom into the work...Detail at actual print size

Recycle Box

I have taken on recycling. One day I just got a wild hair and decided it was time to save the planet single handed. :)
Anyways...I got tired of trying to juggle all of the cans, bottles, and so forth on my counter top and trying to get them carried to the garage recycling area. The garage area consists of plastic trash bags stapled to the wall, so I can tear them down every time they get full. Easy and Cheap and yes...a little W.T.
I decided I needed a box to put things in so my counter does not get junky and it was easy to carry to the garage.
Here is what I came up with. It is made from recycled items. Gosh I am good.

Pink Trash

So...I had this lamp shade from IKEA that did not fit any lamps in my house. I loved the color and shape so I just kept it in my "I will do something with that later" pile. I also had this random piece of wood that I had been practicing a painting technique on. After recently rearranging my studio a little and the only room for my trash can was on the other side of the room...I knew I needed to fix that problem. I combined all three to make my "pink trash" can. I ripped out the guts of the lampshade, turned it over and glued it to the wood base. I wanted to cover the seam, so I added a cute pink ribbon around the base to hide the glue. I then was left with this ribbon seam b/c I had not planned it out properly. I grabbed a bright green pipe cleaner and made it into a little pipe cleaner rosette and glued it on. My partner thinks it looks like a Caterpillar that has crawled up to sleep. Go figure... I finally decided it needed something on it, so I came up with the cute play on words of "pink trash". I can now put trash in my desktop trashcan and dump it into the larger trashcan when it gets full.

Recycling Art can be sticky...

I had this plain wooden furniture leg and I was trying to figure out what to do with it. I needed a new pin cushion and it just evolved from there. I ended up putting a cork base on it to have more room to stick pins and to keep the balance. I love this fabric and I used a green and white grosgrain ribbon to finish it off with a large pearl button. I might go back and paint the white later, but for now....I like the contrast of the busy pattern and the white base....