Saltdough
Saltdough is highly sustainable: it uses basic, readily available kitchen ingredients and requires no kiln or high-energy process to dry.
Material Library
Leftover Clay and Low Temperature Glazes
This approach conserves both material and energy. Re-using clay avoids waste, while low-temperature firing minimizes energy use, making the ceramic process more eco-friendly.
Air Drying Clay
Air drying clay avoids the use of kilns, significantly reducing energy consumption. It’s suitable for classroom or home use and requires minimal resources, offering a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional clay processes.
Recycled paper on a repurposed shelving unit
The artwork is crafted from recycled paper and applied to a repurposed IKEA shelving unit.
Flower ink for marker pens
Flower ink is created by crushing dried flowers into alcohol, letting the liquid extract dye from the plant material.
Recycled Paper – Origami
This Sonobe Kusudama Dodecahedron origami is crafted from recycled paper, showcasing excellent sustainability by repurposing materials that would otherwise contribute to waste.
Recycled Paper Basket
This basket, woven from recycled or repurposed paper such as newspapers, highlights sustainability by transforming waste materials into functional art.
Recycled Paper – Papier-mâché
This artwork embodies sustainability by upcycling a discarded plastic bottle as its core structure, reducing waste that would otherwise contribute to pollution.
Gold ink
The aim of the technique is to showcase inventiveness and creativity in making your own paints, as well as showcasing the chemical reactions of painting.
Pomegranate dye
By learning how to dye different types of fabrics using different types of dyes, the visual artist can be more versatile and self-sufficient when bringing their creative vision to life.
Ash painting
The technique aims to inspire creativity and exploration of making your own paints using any materials you have on-hand. Making your own paints allows you to experiment with texture, viscosity and opacity.
Plastic Reimagined: Stone Lace and Imprints
In the technique she calls “stone lace,” she uses laminated canvas, plastic quartz, or a white paste resembling plaster to “petrify” pieces of plastic lace, cellophane, or nylon.
Plastic Imprint Shore
This work transforms discarded plastic mesh into a key creative element, emphasizing the reuse of waste materials in art.
Plastic Bottle Art – Educational Craft
This project emphasizes recycling and upcycling by giving a second life to a disposable plastic bottle.
Upcycling Found Manufactured Components
The sustainable qualities of Fragments of Waves lie in its extensive use of reclaimed materials and upcycling of found objects.
Reclaimed Feather
Estelle Garcia Blanco’s work exemplifies sustainability through her innovative use of upcycled materials, particularly feathers sourced from secondhand pillows and found animal feathers.
Digital Collage Using Found Objects
Césarine’s art practice revolves around found objects, photography, and collage. She manipulates these elements to create compositions that challenge traditional perceptions of waste and value.
Carpet Of Leaves
Every piece is made from small scraps, even the tiniest ones, sourced from tailoring shops that would otherwise discard them. They are then joined together using an old-fashioned pedal sewing machine sustainable properties.
Flower painting on blankets
The sustainability of this material is inherent in the fact that all the elements involved are waste or reused materials.
Bed Sheet
The sustainable quality of this material comes from the fact that it is first of all a recovered material.
